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| Years: 1722 1723 1724 - 1725 - 1726 1727 1728 | |
| Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
Events
- February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia
- February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony.
- March 2 – In London, night watchman finds a severed head by the Thames; it is later recognized to be that of the husband of Catherine Hayes. She and one accomplice are later executed
- Black Watch founded in Scotland
- Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "thief-taker general of Great Britain and Ireland" is hanged for aiding criminals
Births
- February 5 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
- February 6 - Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)
- March 11 - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1807)
- March 20 - Abd al-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789)
- April 2 - Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
- July 24 - John Newton, English cleric and songwriter (d. 1807)
- December 11 - George Mason, American founding father (d. 1792)
Deaths
- February 8 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
- June 29 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b. 1657)
- October 24 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)
- December 7 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)
- Jose Mora, Spanish sculptor (b. 1638)af:1725
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