1724 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1724?
- January 14, 1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- January 28, 1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
- April 7, 1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
- November 11, 1724 – Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking “Thief-Taker General” (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
- December 7, 1724 – Tumult of Thorn – religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
Who Were Born In The Year 1724?
- January 24, 1724 – Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
- February 29, 1724 – Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d. 1822)
- March 6, 1724 – Henry Laurens, American merchant, slave trader, and political leader (d. 1792)
- April 12, 1724 – Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
- April 22, 1724 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
- April 27, 1724 – Thomas Gardner, American politician and soldier (d. 1775)
- May 7, 1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
- May 22, 1724 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)
- July 2, 1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
- July 31, 1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
- August 23, 1724 – Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
- August 25, 1724 – George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
- August 27, 1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
- September 3, 1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
- October 31, 1724 – Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)
- November 24, 1724 – Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
- December 7, 1724 – Louise of Great Britain, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1751)
- December 12, 1724 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
- December 13, 1724 – Franz Aepinus, German scientist (d. 1802)
- December 30, 1724 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
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