1724
1724 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
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