1723

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1723 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1723
MDCCXXIII
Ab urbe condita2476
Armenian calendar1172
ԹՎ ՌՃՀԲ
Assyrian calendar6473
Balinese saka calendar1644–1645
Bengali calendar1130
Berber calendar2673
British Regnal year9 Geo. 1 – 10 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar2267
Burmese calendar1085
Byzantine calendar7231–7232
Chinese calendar壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
4419 or 4359
    — to —
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4420 or 4360
Coptic calendar1439–1440
Discordian calendar2889
Ethiopian calendar1715–1716
Hebrew calendar5483–5484
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1779–1780
 - Shaka Samvat1644–1645
 - Kali Yuga4823–4824
Holocene calendar11723
Igbo calendar723–724
Iranian calendar1101–1102
Islamic calendar1135–1136
Japanese calendarKyōhō 8
(享保８年)
Javanese calendar1647–1648
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4056
Minguo calendar189 before ROC
民前189年
Nanakshahi calendar255
Thai solar calendar2265–2266
Tibetan calendar阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
1849 or 1468 or 696
    — to —
阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1850 or 1469 or 697
June 26: Baku surrenders to the Russians

1723 (MDCCXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1723rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 723rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 18th century, and the 4th year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1723, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[]

January–March[]

  • January 25 – British pirate Edward Low intercepts the Portuguese ship Nostra Signiora de Victoria. After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than surrendering it, Low orders the captain's brutal torture and execution, then has the rest of the Victoria crew murdered.
  • February 4 – The Kangxi Era ends in Qing dynasty China and the Yongzheng Era begins with the coronation of Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor.
  • February 15 – King Louis XV of France attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the regency of his cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.[1]
  • March 9 – The Mapuche Uprising begins in Chile as the indigenous Mapuche people, commanded by Toqui (war chief) Vilumilla, leading an attack against the city of Tucapel. The war lasts until February 13, 1726.
  • March 28 – The capture of Rasht from the Persian Empire by the Russian Empire brings Rasht and the Gilan Province under Russian control.

April–June[]

  • April 1 – In Switzerland, the attempt by Major Abraham Davel to make the canton of Vaud independent of the Swiss government, is put down, one day after he and 500 men had taken control of the Vaudois capital, Lausanne. Davel is arrested, tortured and tried for treason; he is beheaded on April 24.
  • May 27 – The Black Act 1723, intended to combat illegal hunting in Great Britain, comes into force and expands the number of crimes that are punishable by death, and remains in effect for 100 years.
  • June 26 – Russo-Persian War: Baku surrenders to the Russians.

July–September[]

  • July 12 – Christian von Wolff holds a lecture for students and the magistrates at the end of his term as a rector,[2] as a result of which he is banned from Prussia, on a charge of atheism.
  • August 10 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who had served as the Regent of France to rule for King Louis XV from 1715 until the latter's attainment of majority on February 15, is appointed by the King to serve as his Prime Minister, but dies in office less than four months later.
  • August 11 – The Ostend Company is chartered by merchants and shipowners to establish trade for the Austrian Netherlands in the East Indies and West Indies. Over the next two days, 54 major investors in Antwerp purchase the shares of stock in the company.
  • August 15 – The Peterhof Palace is opened in a formal ceremony just outside Saint Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire.[3][4]
  • September 1 – The Treaty of St. Petersburg is signed in Russia.
  • September 14 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

October–December[]

  • October 23 – Russia's Emperor Peter the Great authorizes an incentive for men of Serbia to join a new Russian Imperial Army unit, the Serbian Hussar Regiment. The Emperor sends Jovan Albanez to recruit new officers and troops with a grant of farmable land in Russia, and 1,070 take advantage of the offer over the next two years.
  • October 31 – Gian Gastone de' Medici becomes the new Grand Duke of Tuscany upon the death of his father Cosimo III; he will be the state's last ruler from the House of Medici. During his reign, the state treasury is depleted and Tuscany becomes one of the poorest nations in Europe.
  • November 23 – The Province of Carolina charters New Bern as Newbern (the town later becomes the capital of North Carolina until Raleigh is founded).
  • December 2 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France from 1715 to 1723, and then as Prime Minister since August 10, dies at the age of 49 at Versailles.
  • December 26 – Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40, by Johann Sebastian Bach, is first performed in Leipzig.

Date unknown[]

  • The Province of Carolina incorporates Beaufort, North Carolina, as the Port of Beaufort, making it the third incorporated town in the province.

Births[]

  • January 5 – Nicole-Reine Lepaute, French astronomer, mathematician (d. 1788)
  • January 11 – Prithvi Narayan Shah, First Monarch of Nepal (d. 1775)
  • January 12 – Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (d. 1797)
  • January 31 – Petronella Johanna de Timmerman, Dutch poet, scientist (d. 1786)
  • February 15 – John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1794)
  • February 17 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1761)
  • February 21 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (d. 1808)
  • February 23 – Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)
  • March 22 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer, Continental Congressman (d. 1783)
  • March 25 – Catharina Mulder, Dutch organist (d. 1798)
  • March 31 – King Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
  • April 5 – Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie, Swedish countess (d. 1763)
  • April 20 – Cornelius Harnett, American Continental Congressman (d. 1781)
  • April 30 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
  • June 3 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician, naturalist (d. 1788)
  • June 11 – Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
Adam Smith

Deaths[]

Christopher Wren
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical Events for Year 1723 | OnThisDay.com". Historyorb.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Wolf, C. (1985). Michael Albrecht (ed.). Oratio de Sinarum philosophia practica/Rede über die praktische Philosophie der Chinesen. Philosophische Bibliothek (in German). Hamburg, Germany: Felix Meiner Verlag. p. XXXIX.
  3. ^ Abram Grigorevich Raskin, Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures (Aurora Art Publishers, 1978) p12
  4. ^ Alan Palmer, The Baltic: A New History of the Region and Its People (Overlook Press, 2007)
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