What happened in 1722?
52 recorded events in 1722, including 17 in people, 11 in architecture & engineering and 8 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 8
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Russo-Persian War of 1722–23
Conflict between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran
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Father Rale's War
War
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Battle of Gulnabad
1722 battle
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Siege of Isfahan
1722 siege
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Capture of Rasht
1722 siege
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Battle of Winnepang
1722 battle
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Battle of Derbent
Battle of 1722 between Russia and Persia
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Battle of Cape Lopez
1722 defeat of the pirate Bartholomew Roberts
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People 17
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David II of Kakheti died
King of Kakheti
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Pierre Varignon died
French mathematician
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Johann Kuhnau died
German composer, organist and harpsichordist
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John Clipperton died
English pirate
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John Lombe died
Silk manufacturer
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Jacques Tarade died
French military engineer
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Johann Jacob Bach died
Oboist, flutist, possibly composer, an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach
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Francesc Guerau died
Spanish Baroque composer (1649–1722)
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Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib died
Music theorist
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Johann Kaspar Horn died
German musician (1636-1722)
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Ahmed Shahe Durrani born
Born in Herat. Founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772).
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Samuel Adams born
Born in Boston. American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803).
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Hryhorii Skovoroda born
Born in Chornukhy. Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794).
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John Burgoyne born
Born in Sutton. British general and playwright (1722–1792).
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Prince Augustus William of Prussia born
Born in Berlin. German general (1722-1758).
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Paisius of Hilendar born
Born in Bansko. Bulgarian clergyman.
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François Joseph Paul de Grasse born
Born in Le Bar-sur-Loup. French admiral (1722-1788).
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Exploration & Discovery 7
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Bora Bora
Island in French Polynesia
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Maupiti
Island in French Polynesia
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Ahe
Island in French Polynesia
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Arutua
Atoll
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Tikei
Island in French Polynesia
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Apataki
Island in French Polynesia
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Kaukura
Island in French Polynesia
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Religion & Belief Systems 6
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St. Nicholas of Myra Cathedral, Lungro
Church in Lungro, Italy
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Santa Maria della Stella
Baroque Roman Catholic church
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Old Synagogue in Wysokie Mazowieckie
Old Synagogue in Wysokie Mazowieckie (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Sahat Mosque
Sahat Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. Martin
Filial church in Grub, Valley, Germany
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Nostra Signora della Bastia
Nostra Signora della Bastia (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 1
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Carl Kühne KG
Company
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1722 Algarve earthquake
Major Portuguese earthquake and tsunami
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Syunik rebellion
Rebellion against the Ottoman Empire
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Palais Bourbon
Seat of the National Assembly in Paris, France
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St Martin-in-the-Fields
Church in London
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Hôtel Matignon
Stately palace in Paris, office of the prime minister
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San Carlo ai Catinari
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Church of St. Francis Xavier
Church building in Kaunas, Lithuania
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Saint Pancras Cathedral
Cathedral in Albano Laziale, Italy
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Florivsky Convent
Convent in Kyiv
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Church of St Anne
Church in Cork, Ireland
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Santuario della Brugarola
Church building in Brugarola, Ailoche, Italy
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Fjelberg Church
Church building in Kvinnherad, Norway
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Las Trinitarias, Lima
Church in Lima, Peru
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