1724 Calendar
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1724 Historical Event(s)
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 On 1724?
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)
May 7, 1724
– Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
May 19, 1724
– Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
July 2, 1724
– Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
August 27, 1724
– John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
November 24, 1724
– Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
December 12, 1724
– Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
December 13, 1724
– Franz Aepinus, German scientist (d. 1802)