page_title: 1722
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1722 / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: Christopher Smart, engraving of an oil painting by an unknown artist
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 1 – Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet, British physician (d. 1809)
  January 3 – Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish traveller and naturalist (d. 1752)
  January 12 – Nicolas Luckner, German in French service who rose to become a Marshal of France (d. 1794)
  January 15 – Herman Scholliner, German historian (d. 1795)
  January 18 – Antonio Rodríguez de Hita, Spanish composer (d. 1787)
  January 26 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
  January 29 – Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian princess (d. 1780)
  February 3 – Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg, German noble (d. 1791)
  February 4 – Antonio Greppi (1722–1799), Italian banker (d. 1799)
  February 5 – Anders Rudolf du Rietz, Swedish general, count and politician (d. 1792)
  February 7 – Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (d. 1781)
  February 14 – Georg Christian Füchsel, German physician, geologist (d. 1773)
  February 19 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (d. 1774)
  February 21 – Lord Robert Manners-Sutton, British politician (d. 1762)
  February 22
  Théophile de Bordeu, French physician (d. 1776)
  John Redman (physician), American physician (d. 1808)
  February 24 – John Burgoyne, British army officer (d. 1792)
  March 3 – Pietro Maria Gazzaniga, Italian theologian (d. 1799)
  March 6 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter (d. 1795)
  March 7 – Louis-Jacques Goussier, French artist (d. 1799)
  March 15 – Gabriel Lenkiewicz, Belarusian Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1798)
  March 17 – William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1722–1791), England (d. 1791)
  March 18
  Ulrika Eleonora von Düben, Swedish lady in waiting (d. 1758)
  Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz, German noble (d. 1800)
  March 19 – Edmund Nelson (clergyman), English priest (d. 1802)
  March 23
  Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins, Canadian mother superior (d. 1792)
  Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche, French astronomer (d. 1769)
  April 8 – Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer (d. 1794)
  April 11 – Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
  April 12 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1793)
  April 19 – Duke Clement Francis of Bavaria, German nobleman (d. 1770)
  April 22 (bapt.) – Joseph Warton, English poet and critic (d. 1800)
  April 25 – Mark Robinson (Royal Navy officer), Royal Navy admiral (d. 1799)
  April 26 – George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, English noble and politician (d. 1809)
  April 29 – Francesco Carafa di Trajetto, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1818)
  May 2 – Gerhard Schøning, Norwegian historian (d. 1780)
  May 4
  David Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven, British noble (d. 1802)
  Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield, Scottish advocate and judge (d. 1799)
  May 9 – Morgan Edwards, British historian and minister (d. 1795)
  May 11 – Petrus Camper, Dutch scientist (d. 1789)
  May 23 – Claudius Franciscus Gagnières des Granges, French martyr (d. 1792)
  May 25 – Anton Cebej, Slovenian artist (d. 1774)
  May 26 – Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1778)
  May 28 – Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1722), British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1792)
  May 29 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (d. 1773)
  June 7 – George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, British politician (d. 1800)
  June 19 – George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (d. 1801)
  June 25 – St George Gore-St George, Irish politician (d. 1746)
  June 28 – Daniel Dulany the Younger, American politician (d. 1797)
  June 30 – Jiří Antonín Benda, Bohemian composer (d. 1795)
  July 1 – Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky, Russian general (d. 1782)
  July 11 – Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, German prince (d. 1782)
  July 14 – Jean-Pierre du Teil, French general (d. 1794)
  July 16 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803)
  July 21 – James Colebrooke, British baronet (d. 1761)
  July 23
  Antoine Petit, French physician (d. 1794)
  Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, French salon holder (d. 1800)
  July 25 – Jakab Fellner, Hungarian architect (d. 1780)
  August 1 – Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, French princess (d. 1739)
  August 5 – William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont, Irish politic
caption: Christopher Smart
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