Today in History for Year 1724

Months in Year 1724: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 14th - Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
Jan 28th - The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
Feb 20th - George F Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London
Apr 1st - Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
Apr 1st - Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
Apr 6th - Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs
Apr 7th - Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
Apr 9th - 1st Easter [NS=April 16]
Apr 16th - 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)
Jun 23rd - Russia & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
Oct 13th - Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters
Oct 15th - Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church
Nov 11th - Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. (b. c. 1700)
Dec 7th - Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Dec 9th - Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
Dec 23rd - Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth
Dec 24th - Benjamin Franklin arrives in London

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 32 of 32

Jan 24th - Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
Jan 30th - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer
Feb 28th - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
Feb 29th - Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)
Apr 12th - Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
Apr 22nd - Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
Apr 27th - Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
Apr 27th - Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)
May 7th - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
May 10th - Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
May 19th - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
May 22nd - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)
Jun 8th - John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer
Jul 2nd - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet
Jul 31st - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
Aug 23rd - Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
Aug 25th - George Stubbs, England, animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion)
Aug 27th - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
Sep 1st - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder (Society of It General)
Sep 3rd - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
Oct 1st - Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer
Oct 31st - Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)
Nov 11th - Willem A Alting, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1780-97)
Nov 21st - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
Nov 24th - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
Dec 1st - Charles Theodoor, elector (Palts & Bayern)
Dec 1st - Dismas Hatas, composer
Dec 5th - Joseph Friebert, composer
British Admiral Samuel Hood (Dec 12th) Dec 12th - Samuel Hood, Butleigh, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral, (d. 1816)
Dec 13th - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist
Dec 24th - Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (d. 1811)
Dec 31st - Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

Feb 12th - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
Feb 13th - Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43
Mar 7th - Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
Mar 8th - Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81
May 3rd - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
May 18th - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
Jun 15th - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
Jun 24th - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
Aug 24th - Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75
Oct 2nd - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
Nov 16th - Jack Sheppard, English robber, hanged
Nov 18th - Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)