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1724
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1721 1722 1723 - 1724 - 1725 1726 1727 |
| 1724 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Great Britain - |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1724 (MDCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1724
[edit] January - June
- January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- January 28 - The Saint Petersburg State University is established.
- February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London.
- May 29 - Pope Benedict XIII, born Pierro Orsini, succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
- June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople is signed, partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
[edit] July - December
- July 27 - Wild Peter of Hanover is captured near Helpensen in Hanover.
- November 11 - Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), highwayman, is hanged in London.
- November 16
- Jack Sheppard is hanged in London.
- Willem Mons, lover of Catherine I of Russia, is executed and his head preserved in alcohol.
[edit] Undated
- China expels foreign missionaries.
- Blenheim Palace construction is completed. It is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
- Catherine I is officially named czarina by her husband, Peter the Great, in Russia.
- The Austrian Netherlands agree to the Pragmatic Sanction.
- Mahmud of Afghanistan goes insane.
- Longman, the oldest publishing house in England, is founded.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1724 MDCCXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2477 |
| Armenian calendar | 1173 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -120 – -119 |
| Berber calendar | 2674 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2268 |
| Burmese calendar | 1086 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7232 – 7233 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年十二月初六日 (4360/4420-12-6) — to —
甲辰年十一月十六日(4361/4421-11-16) |
| Coptic calendar | 1440 – 1441 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1716 – 1717 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5484 – 5485 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1779 – 1780 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1646 – 1647 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4825 – 4826 |
| Holocene calendar | 11724 |
| Iranian calendar | 1102 – 1103 |
| Islamic calendar | 1136 – 1137 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 9 (享保9年) |
| Korean calendar | 4057 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2267 |
- January 24 - Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
- February 16 - Christopher Gadsden, American statesman
- February 28 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
- February 29 - Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer known as La Violette (d. 1822)
- April 12 - Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
- April 22 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
- April 29 - John Michell, English scientist and geologist (d. 1793)
- May 7 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (d. 1797)
- May 19 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
- June 8 - John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1792)
- July 2 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
- July 31 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
- 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)
- October 31 - Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)
- 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 and naturalist (d. 1811)
- December 30 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
[edit] Deaths
- February 12 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
- March 7 - Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)
- March 15 - Marie Jeanne of Savoy-Nemours, Regent of Savoy (b. 1644)
- March 19 - Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham, politician (b. 1655)
- May 3 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
- May 21 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661)
- June 15 - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
- October 2 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
- October 29 - William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (b. 1659)
- November 11 - Joseph "Blueskin" Blake, English highwayman (executed) (b. c. 1700)
- November 16 - Jack Sheppard, English criminal (executed) (b. 1702)
- November 18 - Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)
- November 24 - Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1672)
- December 27 - Thomas Guy, English philanthropist (b. 1644)