14th January » King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
28th January » 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.
11th November » Joseph Blake (criminal) called Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
7th December » Tumult of Thorn (Toruń) Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestantism Protestant citizens and the mayor of Toruń Thorn (Toruń) by Poland Polish authorities.
Famous Birthdays in 1724
12th January » Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789)
26th February » Gottfried Heinrich Bach, German son of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1763)
28th February » George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal (d. 1807)
29th February » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (d. 1822)
6th March » Henry Laurens, American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1792)
27th March » Jane Colden, American botanist (d. 1766)
12th April » Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (d. 1790)
22nd April » Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
7th May » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian general (d. 1797)
19th May » Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1779)
22nd May » Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French cartographer and explorer (d. 1772)
8th June » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
2nd July » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
18th July » Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (d. 1780)
31st July » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
23rd August » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
25th August » George Stubbs, English painter (d. 1806)
27th August » John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (d. 1781)
29th August » Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
3rd September » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st List of Governors General of Canada e.g Governor General of Canada (d. 1808)
1st October » Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
31st October » Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (d. 1805)