In history, year 1722 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1722 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1722: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 05 april Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European toland on Easter Island. 24 January Edward Wiglesworth was appointed the first North American divinity professor. 17 March William K.H. Friso was appointed Mayor of Darren. 05 April Yakub Roggin discovered Easter Island. 25 July Father's Rally War 1722-25) began along the Maine and Massachusetts border. 03 May Perrier de Marivaux \ La Double Incostans \ premiered in Paris. 15 August William Buttin, 17, hanged for arson and murder in the Colony of Pennsylvania. 12 September In Persian, Baku and Derbent were captured by Russian troops. 19 October The French C Hoffer built a fire extinguisher. 07 November Richard Steele's "Conscious Lover" premiered in London. 20 December A Chinese emperor died after a reign of Kangxi longest (61 years), so his son Yongzheng was made emperor.
Famous birthdays in the year 1722: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 03 December Hryhorii Skovoroda / Poet / Ukraine 03 January Fredrik Hasselqvist / Biologist / Sweden 05 November William Byron / Politician / United Kingdom 11 August Richard Brocklesby / Physician / United Kingdom 11 May Petrus Camper / Physician / Netherlands 11 April Christopher Smart / Actor / United Kingdom 12 April Pietro Nardini / Violinist / Italy 16 July Joseph Wilton / Academic / United Kingdom 16 September Gabriel Christie / General / Scotland 19 November Leopold Auenbrugger / Physician / Austria 19 November Benjamin Chew / Lawyer / United States of America 22 November Hryhorii Skovoroda / Poet / Ukraine 26 January Alexander Carlyle / Author / Scotland 27 September Samuel Adams / Politician / United States of America 28 December Eliza Lucas / Agriculturalist / United States of America 29 May James FitzGerald / Politician / Ireland 30 June Jiří Antonín Benda / Violinist / Czech Republic 30 December Charles Yorke / Politician / United Kingdom
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