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1722

Historical Events in 1722

Jan 24 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)

Russian Civil System Begins

Jan 24 Tsar Peter the Great begins civil system

Russian Tsar Peter the Great

Mar 8 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
Mar 17 William IV Prince of Orange appointed mayor of Drente

Europeans Discover Easter Island

Apr 5 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific

Two Moai on the Rano Raraku crater on Rapa Nui from a 1914-15 expedition photograph held in the British Museum

Apr 22 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
Apr 30 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
May 3 Pierre de Marivaux's play "La Double Inconstance" premieres in Paris

Hungary Condemns Accession Plans

Jun 30 Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanctions - to recognise his daughters as his heirs

Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI

Jul 25 The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border
Sep 12 Russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent in Persia
Oct 19 French C. Hopffer patents the automatic fire extinguisher in England
Nov 2 Willem IV Prince of Orange (11) appointed Stadtholder Gelderland

The Conscious Lovers

Nov 7 Richard Steele's sentimental comedy play "The Conscious Lovers" premieres in London

Writer, Playwright and Politician Richard Steele

Historical Figures