Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 - 1724 - 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729
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 Year in topic 1724 in music 1724 in science Births April 22 - Immanuel Kant, philosopher (died 1804) June 8 - John Smeaton, civil engineer (died 1794) July 2 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, poet (died 1803) August 25 - George Stubbs, painter (died 1806) John Michell, English natural philosopher and geologist (died 1793). Franz Aepinus Deaths March 7 - Pope Innocent XIII (born 1655) June 15 - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (born 1674) October 29 - William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (born 1659) November 16 - Jack Sheppard (executed)
