Events 1724

1 events

1.1 january–june
1.2 july–december
1.3 date unknown

events
january–june

january 14 – king philip v of spain abdicates throne in favour of 16-year-old son louis i.
january 22 – bruno mauricio de zabala, spanish captain general of río de la plata, forces portuguese abandon fortified settlement @ become city of montevideo in uruguay.
january 28 – saint petersburg state university established.
february 8 – catherine of russia officially named czarina husband, peter great.
february 20 – premiere of giulio cesare, italian opera george frideric handel, takes place in london.
april 7 – premiere performance, of st john passion (bwv 245) of johann sebastian bach, takes place @ st. nicholas church, leipzig.
may 29 – pope benedict xiii (born pierro orsini) succeeds pope innocent xiii, 245th pope.
june 23 – treaty of constantinople signed, partitioning persia between ottoman empire , russia.

july–december

july 27 – peter wild boy captured near helpensen in hanover.
august 31 – louis of spain dies of smallpox, aged 17, after reign of 7 months, , father philip v resumes throne.
november 11 – joseph blake (alias blueskin), english highwayman, hanged in london.
november 16

jack sheppard, highwayman , partner of crime of blueskin , hanged in london.
willem mons, lover of catherine of russia, executed, , head preserved in alcohol.



date unknown

china expels foreign missionaries.
blenheim palace construction completed in england. presented gift nation duke of marlborough, involvement in battle of blenheim in 1704.
the austrian netherlands agree pragmatic sanction.
shah mahmud hotaki of afghanistan goes insane.
longman, oldest surviving publishing house in england, founded.