page_title: 1722
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1722 / Deaths
context_page_description: 1722 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1722nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 722nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1722, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 7 – Antoine Coypel, French painter (b. 1661)
  January 21 – Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
  January 23 – Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (b. 1658)
  January 29 – Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Swedish military leader (b. 1651)
  February 5 – Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (b. 1639)
  February 10 – Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)
  March 11 – John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670)
  March 31 – Eberhard von Danckelmann, Prime Minister of Brandenburg-Prussia (b. 1643)
  April 13 – Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. 1650)
  April 21 – Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)
  May 20 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
  June 5 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer (b. 1660)
  June 16
  John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
  Marc'Antonio Zondadari, Italian-born 65th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1658)
  July 16 – Maria Angela Caterina d'Este, Italian princess (b. 1656)
  August 20 – John Coney (silversmith), early American silversmith/goldsmith (b. 1655)
  September 18 – André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
  September 20 – John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, Scottish jurist (b. 1646)
  October 8 – Gerard Callenburgh, Dutch admiral (b. 1642)
  November 12 – Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter (b. 1659)
  November 20 – Johann Adam Reincken, German organist (b. 1643)
  December 5 – Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, politically active Spanish court official (b. 1642)
  December 8 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine, wife to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1652)
  December 20 – Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
  December 23 – Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
caption: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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