8th March » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from History of Afghanistan known as Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
5th April » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
Famous Birthdays in 1722
3rd January » Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
26th January » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
19th February » Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (d. 1774)
11th April » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (d. 1771)
12th April » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1793)
11th May » Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (d. 1789)
29th May » James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1773)
16th July » Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803)
9th August » Prince Augustus William of Prussia (d. 1758)
11th August » Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
5th September » Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
16th September » Gabriel Christie (British Army officer) named Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (d. 1799)
27th September » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1803)
2nd October » Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (d. 1776)
5th November » William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1798)
19th November » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
19th November » Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (d. 1810)
22nd November » Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher, poet, and composer (d. 1794)
30th November » Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (d. 1761)
3rd December » Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)
28th December » Eliza Lucas, English-American agriculturalist (d. 1793)
30th December » Charles Yorke, English politician, Lord Chancellor known as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
Famous Deaths in History for 1722
21st January » Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. 1661)
10th February » Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)
11th March » John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670)
13th April » Charles Leslie (nonjuror) e.g Charles Leslie, Irish theologian (b. 1650)
21st April » Robert Beverley, Jr., American historian (b. 1673)
20th May » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
5th June » Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (b. 1660)
16th June » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)