1722

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Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
Years:	1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725

1722 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1722 MDCCXXII
Ab urbe condita	2475
Armenian calendar	1171 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԱ
Assyrian calendar	6472
Balinese saka calendar	1643–1644
Bengali calendar	1129
Berber calendar	2672
British Regnal year	8 Geo. 1 – 9 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar	2266
Burmese calendar	1084
Byzantine calendar	7230–7231
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4419 or 4212     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4420 or 4213
Coptic calendar	1438–1439
Discordian calendar	2888
Ethiopian calendar	1714–1715
Hebrew calendar	5482–5483
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1778–1779
- Shaka Samvat	1643–1644
- Kali Yuga	4822–4823
Holocene calendar	11722
Igbo calendar	722–723
Iranian calendar	1100–1101
Islamic calendar	1134–1135
Japanese calendar	Kyōhō 7 (享保７年)
Javanese calendar	1646–1647
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4055
Minguo calendar	190 before ROC 民前190年
Nanakshahi calendar	254
Thai solar calendar	2264–2265
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1848 or 1467 or 695     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1849 or 1468 or 696

1722 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1722 MDCCXXII
Ab urbe condita	2475
Armenian calendar	1171 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԱ
Assyrian calendar	6472
Balinese saka calendar	1643–1644
Bengali calendar	1129
Berber calendar	2672
British Regnal year	8 Geo. 1 – 9 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar	2266
Burmese calendar	1084
Byzantine calendar	7230–7231
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4419 or 4212     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4420 or 4213
Coptic calendar	1438–1439
Discordian calendar	2888
Ethiopian calendar	1714–1715
Hebrew calendar	5482–5483
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1778–1779
- Shaka Samvat	1643–1644
- Kali Yuga	4822–4823
Holocene calendar	11722
Igbo calendar	722–723
Iranian calendar	1100–1101
Islamic calendar	1134–1135
Japanese calendar	Kyōhō 7 (享保７年)
Javanese calendar	1646–1647
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4055
Minguo calendar	190 before ROC 民前190年
Nanakshahi calendar	254
Thai solar calendar	2264–2265
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1848 or 1467 or 695     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1849 or 1468 or 696

Events

• Abraham De Moivre states De Moivre's theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers
• Publication of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
• Fall of Persia's Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people.
• The Silence Dogood letters appear, written by Benjamin Franklin.
• On Easter, Dutch admiral Jakob Roggeveen lands on what is now Easter Island
• Edenton is incorporated as the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. The governor and assembly of North Carolina move to Edenton, making it the de facto capital of North Carolina until 1746, when the government is moved to New Bern.
• Thomas Guy helped found Guy's Hospital
• Russia and Persia start a one year war.
• Peter the Great of Russia creates the Table of Ranks

February

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July

• July 25 - Three Years War begins along Maine and Massachusetts border.

December

• December 20 - After the longest reign by a Chinese Emperor in history, the Kangxi Emperor dies and is succeeded by his son Yinzhen with the reign name Yongzheng.

Births

• January 3 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
• January 12 - Nicolas Luckner, Marshal of France (d. 1794)
• January 26 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
• February 19 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (d. 1774)
• April 11 - Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
• April 12 - Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793)
• May 11 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1798)
• May 29 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
• July 16 - Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803)
• August 9 - Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758)
• August 11 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
• September 5 - Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
• September 16 - Gabriel Christie, British general (d. 1799)
• September 22 - John Home, Scottish dramatist (d. 1808)
• September 27 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
• October 2 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
• November 5 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (d. 1798)
• November 19 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
• November 19 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810)
• November 30 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)
• December 30 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
• Flora Macdonald, Scottish heroine (d. 1790)
• Hyder Ali, Indian general and Sultan of Mysore (d. 1782)
• Joseph Warton, English poet and critic (d. 1800)

Deaths

• January 21 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
• February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, English pirate
• March 11 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670)
• April 13 - Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. 1650)
• May 20 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
• June 16 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
• September 18 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
• November 20 - Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
• December 20 - Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
• December 23 - Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
• Johann Kuhnau, German composer (b. 1660)