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Calendar year
January 15
: King Felipe V of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, who becomes King Luis I but dies 7 months later.
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1724
(
MDCCXXIV
) was a
leap year starting on Saturday
of the
Gregorian calendar
and a
leap year starting on Wednesday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1724th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 724th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 24th year of the
18th century
, and the 5th year of the
1720s
decade. As of the start of 1724, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
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January–March
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- January 15
– King
Philip V of Spain
abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son
Louis I
.
[1]
- January 18
– The
Dutch East India Company
cargo ship
Fortuyn
, on its maiden voyage, departs from the
Cape of Good Hope
in South Africa after a layover of 16 days following its arrival from the Netherlands. With a crew of 225 commanded by Pieter Westrik, the ship departs for
Batavia
in the
Dutch East Indies
and is never seen again.
- January 22
–
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala
, Spanish
Captain general
of the
Rio de la Plata
, forces the Portuguese to abandon their fortified settlement at what will become the city of
Montevideo
in
Uruguay
.
- January 28
–
Saint Petersburg State University
is established in
Russia
.
- February 8
–
Catherine I of Russia
is officially named tsaritsa by her husband,
Peter the Great
.
- February 20
– The premiere of
Giulio Cesare
, an Italian
opera
by
George Frideric Handel
, takes place in London.
- March 7
–
Pope Innocent XIII
dies at the age of 68 after less than three years as the Roman Catholic pontiff.
- March 20
– The
1724 papal conclave
opens in Rome, 13 days after the death of Innocent XIII. Starting with 33 electors and eventually having 53, the conclave deliberates for more than two months before selecting a successor.
April–June
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- April 7
– (Good Friday)
Bach
leads the first performance of his
St John Passion
,""carefully designed with a great deal of musico-theological intent", on
Good Friday
.
- April 10
–
Bach
leads the first performance of his cantata
Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen
, BWV 66
, his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.
- April 23
–
Johann Sebastian Bach
leads the first performance of his cantata
Du Hirte Israel, hore
, BWV 104
, illustrating the topic of the
Good Shepherd
in
pastoral music
.
- April 28
– The first of the seven
Drapier's Letters
, satirical pamphlets seeking to arouse public opinion in Ireland against the imposition by the British of a privately minted
copper
coinage, is published by
Jonathan Swift
,
Dean
of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
and author, writing under the pseudonym "M. B., Drapier", identifying himself as a
drapier
or seller of cloth.
- May 13
– Cardinal
Giulio Piazza
, the Archbishop of Faenza, comes within four votes of being elected the new Pope
- May 29
– Cardinal Vincenzo Orsini, the Archbishop of Benevento, accepts the papacy, two days after being unanimously selected by the cardinals at the
papal conclave in Rome
. He becomes the 245th pontiff as
Pope Benedict XIII
.
- June 11
–
Johann Sebastian Bach
leads his cantata
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
(O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV
20, on the
first Sunday after Trinity
, beginning his second cycle, the
chorale cantata cycle
.
- June 23
– The
Treaty of Constantinople
is signed, partitioning
Persia
between the
Ottoman Empire
and Russia.
- June 24
– On the
Feast of St. John the Baptist
,
Bach
leads the first performance of his
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
, BWV
7, the third cantata of his
chorale cantata cycle
.
July–September
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- July 27
– "
Peter the Wild Boy
" is captured near Helpensen in
Hanover
.
- July 31
– The
Hyderabad State
is created in
India
, as
Mughal Emperor
Muhammad Shah
rewards his associate
Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan
. Qamar-ud-din becomes the first
Nizam of Hyderabad
. The princely state exists for more than 220 years, coming to an end after India's independence from Britain.
- August –
Longman
, the oldest surviving
publishing house
in
England
, is founded in London by
Thomas Longman
.
- August 31
–
Louis I of Spain
dies of
smallpox
, aged 17, after a reign of seven months, and his father
Philip V
resumes the throne.
[1]
- September 4
–
Jose de Grimaldo
, who had been Prime Minister for Spain's King Philip V until the latter's abdication in January, resumes office with the return of King Philip.
- September 24
– The
Paris Bourse
, the stock exchange for France, is created by order of King Louis XV on the advice of
Nicolas Ravot d'Ombreval
, four years after a financial panic had shut down trading. Stock markets had already been set up in Lyon, Bourdeaux and Toulouse.
October–December
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- October 2
–
Muhammad bin Nasir
is elected as the new
Imam of Oman
after the overthrow of his brother,
Saif bin Sultan II
- October 15
– The historic
Teatro Nuovo
opera house is inaugurated in
Naples
with the premiere of
Antonio Orefice
's comic opera
Lo Simmele
.
- October 16
–
Yeongjo
becomes the new
Emperor of Korea
after the death of his older brother,
Gyeongjong
. He reigns for almost 52 years until his death on April 22, 1776.
- October 31
–
George Frideric Handel
's opera
Tamerlano
is performed for the first time, premiering in London. The opera will be revived as late as 2009.
- November 11
–
Joseph Blake
(alias "Blueskin"), English highwayman, is
hanged
in London.
- November 16
- November 19
– The
Dutch East India Company
frigate
Slot ter Hooge
strikes rocks and sinks off
Porto Santo Island
,
Madeira
, with the loss of 221 of the 254 people on board.
[3]
- December 2
– The Metropolitan
Mojsije Petrovi?
, leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church within the Habsburg monarchy, issues a 57-point decree to purge the church of the Turkish influence.
- December 7
- December 14
– The
Viceroyalty of Zhili
(modern-day
Hebei
province) is recreated in the Chinese Empire by the
Emperor Yongzheng
for the first time in 55 years, with Li Weijun as the first Viceory. Zhili exists as a viceroyalty until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
- December 24
–
Francesco Valesio
resumes writing his
Diario di Roma
, 13 years after he ceased his recording of daily life in Rome.
Date unknown
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]
Births
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]
- January 12
–
Frances Brooke
, English writer (d.
1789
)
- February 16
–
Christopher Gadsden
, American statesman (d.
1805
)
- February 28
–
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
, British field marshal (d.
1807
)
- February 29
–
Eva Marie Veigel
, Austrian-born English ballet dancer, known as
La Violette
(d.
1822
)
- March 1
–
Manuel do Cenaculo
, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (d.
1814
)
[5]
- March 6
–
Henry Laurens
, political leader during the
American Revolutionary War
, father of
John Laurens
(d.
1792
)
- March 27
–
Jane Colden
, American botanist (d.
1766
)
- April 12
–
Lyman Hall
, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d.
1790
)
- April 22
–
Immanuel Kant
, German philosopher (d.
1804
)
- May 7
–
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
, Alsatian-born Austrian general (d.
1797
)
- May 19
–
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
, British admiral, politician (d.
1779
)
- June 8
–
John Smeaton
, English civil engineer (d.
1792
)
- June 15
–
Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
, German aristocrat (d.
1794
)
- July 2
–
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
, German poet (d.
1803
)
- July 10
–
Eva Ekeblad
, Swedish scientist (d.
1786
)
- August 3
–
Alvise Foscari
, Venetian admiral (d.
1790
)
[6]
- August 23
–
Abraham Yates
, American Continental Congressman (d.
1796
)
- August 25
–
George Stubbs
, English painter (d.
1806
)
- August 27
–
John Joachim Zubly
, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d.
1781
)
- September 3
–
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d.
1808
)
- December 12
–
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
, British admiral (d.
1816
)
- December 13
–
Franz Aepinus
, German scientist (d.
1802
)
- December 18
–
Louise of Great Britain
, queen of
Frederick V of Denmark
(d.
1751
)
- December 24
–
Johann Conrad Ammann
, Swiss physician, naturalist (d.
1811
)
- December 25
–
John Michell
, English scientist and geologist (d.
1793
)
- December 28
–
Christoph Franz von Buseck
, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (d.
1805
)
- December 30
–
Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee
, French painter (d.
1805
)
- Date unknown
Deaths
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- January 20
–
William Lowndes
, English politician (b.
1652
)
- February 19
–
Pieter Schuyler
, British colonial military leader, acting governor of New York (b.
1657
)
- March 4
–
Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach
, duchess by marriage of Wurttemberg-Winnental (b.
1663
)
- March 7
–
Pope Innocent XIII
(b.
1655
)
[7]
- March 10
–
Urban Hjarne
, Swedish chemist (b.
1641
)
- March 15
– Regent
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours
(b.
1644
)
- March 19
–
Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham
, English politician (b.
1655
)
- March 31
–
Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
(b.
1654
)
- April 28
–
Streynsham Master
, English colonial administrator (b.
1640
)
- May 3
–
John Leverett the Younger
, American President of Harvard (b.
1662
)
- May 21
–
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
, English statesman (b.
1661
)
- June
–
Magdelaine Chapelain
, French fortune teller and poisoner (b.
1651
)
- June 11
–
Ludovico Sabbatini
, Italian
Roman Catholic
priest and saint (b.
1650
)
- June 15
–
Henry Sacheverell
, English churchman and politician (b.
1674
)
- June 24
–
Johann Theile
, German composer and organist (b.
1646
)
- July 1
–
Johann Homann
, German cartographer (b.
1664
)
- July 2
–
Thomas Maule
, prominent Quaker in colonial Salem (b.
1645
)
- July 13
–
Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet
, British politician (b.
1656
)
- July 31
–
Claude de Ramezay
, Canadian politician (b.
1659
)
- August 2
–
Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont
, Scottish statesman (b.
1641
)
- August 6
–
Samson Wertheimer
, European rabbi (b.
1658
)
- August 21
–
Noel Alexandre
, French theologian and ecclesiastical historian (b.
1639
)
- August 24
–
Andreas Kneller
, German organist and composer (b.
1649
)
- August 31
– King
Louis I of Spain
(b.
1707
)
[1]
- October 2
–
Francois-Timoleon de Choisy
, French writer (b.
1644
)
- October 18
–
Jean de Hautefeuille
, French cleric, scientist (b.
1647
)
- October 29
–
William Wollaston
, English philosophical writer (b.
1659
)
[8]
- October 30
–
Marie of Lorraine
, French princess (b.
1674
)
- November 7
–
John Kyrle
, British philanthropist (b.
1637
)
- November 14
–
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
(b.
1660
)
- November 16
–
Jack Sheppard
, British criminal (executed) (b.
1702
)
[2]
- November 18
–
Bartolomeu de Gusmao
, Portuguese naturalist (b.
1685
)
- November 24
–
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(b.
1672
)
- November 28
–
Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney
, British politician (b.
1685
)
- December 27
–
Thomas Guy
, English philanthropist (b.
1644
)
[9]
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