1724
| Years: 1721 1722 1723 - 1724 - 1725 1726 1727 | |
| Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1724 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
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
- November 16 – Jack Sheppard hanged in London
- China expels foreign missionaries
- 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, oldest publishing house in England, is founded
Births
- April 22 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
- June 8 - John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1794)
- July 2 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
- August 25 - George Stubbs, English painter (d. 1806)
- December 13 - Franz Aepinus, German natural philosopher (d. 1802)
- John Michell, English natural philosopher and geologist (d. 1793)
Deaths
- March 7 - Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)
- May 21 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661)
- June 15 - Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
- October 29 - William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (b. 1659)
- November 16 - Jack Sheppard (executed) (b. 1702)