1724

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

Years: 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 - 1724 - 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729

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Events

• January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne
• February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London.
• June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. Partitioned Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia
• 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 was named czarina by Peter the Great in Russia.
• The Austrian Netherlands agree to the Pragmatic Sanction.
• Mahmud of Afghanistan goes insane.
• Pierro Orsini become Pope Benedict XIII
• Longman's, oldest publishing house in England, is founded.

Births

• April 22 - Immanuel Kant, philosopher (+ 1804)
• Friedrich Klopstock
• Franz Aepinus
• George Stubbs

Deaths

• Pope Innocent XIII
• Jack Sheppard (executed)

Topics

• 1724 in music

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