1724

Events
 January 14 – King Philip V of Spain leaves the throne for his 16-year-old son Louis I.
 January 28 – Saint Petersburg State University is established.
 February 8 – Catherine I of Russia is officially named czarina by her husband, Peter the Great.
 May 29 – Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.
 June 23 – Treaty of Constantinople is signed

 April 22 – Immanuel Kant