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 | Benjamin Chew / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 19 November | Leopold Auenbrugger / Physician / Austria |
| 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 December | Charles Yorke / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 30 June | Jiří Antonín Benda / Violinist / Czech Republic |