* 1651 – André Dacier, French scholar ( d. 1722 )

* 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist ( d. 1722 )

* 1722 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer ( d. 1793 )

* 1722 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia ( d. 1758 )

Ahmad Shah Durrani ( c. 1722 – 1773 ) ( Pashto /), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī ( Pashto / Persian: احمد شاه ابدالي ) and born as Ahmad < u > Kh </ u > ān, was the founder of the Durrani Empire ( Afghan Empire ) in 1747 and is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan .</ poem >

* 1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician ( d. 1797 )

* 1722 – The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.

* 1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr., American historian ( b. 1673 )

* 1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist ( b. 1722 )

A phenomenal number of paintings are ascribed to him, some of which are likely to be by other masters of the golden landscape, such as Abraham Calraet ( 1642 – 1722 ), whose initials A. C. may be mistaken for Cuyp's.

The Si-o-se Pol bridge over Zayandeh River is an example of Safavid dynasty ( 1502 – 1722 ) bridge design.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

* Charles Walmesley ( 1722 – 97 )

There is some controversy over the identity of the disease, but in its virulent form, after the Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 – 1722, the Great Plague of 1738 ( which hit Eastern Europe ), and the Russian plague of 1770-1772, it seems to have gradually disappeared from Europe.

* Constantine II of Kakheti ( died 1732 ), King of Kakheti 1722 – 1732

Three of five siblings survived to adulthood, Denise Diderot ( 1715 – 1797 ) and their youngest brother Pierre-Didier Diderot ( 1722 – 1787 ), and finally their sister Angélique Diderot ( 1720 – 1749 ).

The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly refer to him.

A younger daughter, Lady Anne Churchill, married Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( c. 1674 – 1722 ), and from this marriage descend the modern Dukes of Marlborough.

* John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), became Duke of Marlborough in 1702

* John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), soldier and statesman

* George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen ( 1722 – 1801 )

* 1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer ( d. 1774 )

Already in 1722 Charles Albert had been married to the Habsburg princess Maria Amalia of Austria.

* 1722 Charles Quarles

Edenton was incorporated in 1722 and named for Governor Charles Eden, who had died that year.

In 1722, Charles founded the Ostend Company to augment Austria's trade with the East Indies, West Indies and Africa.

* Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( 1675 – 1722 ), politician

* Charles Yorke ( 1722 – 1770 ), British lawyer and politician

* Charles Dodgson ( bishop ) ( c. 1722 – 1795 ), Anglican Bishop of Elphin, grandfather of the archdeacon

Vinci's opere buffe, of which Li zite ' ngalera ( 1722 ) is generally regarded as the best, are full of life and spirit ; his opere serie, of which Didone Abbandonata ( Rome, 1728 ) and Artaserse ( Rome, 1730 ) are the most notable, have an incisive vigour and directness of dramatic expression praised by Charles Burney.

Charles ( born August 1719 ) and Henry ( May 1722 ), both became fellows of New College, Oxford and took holy orders.

Tax records show Charles Blackstone to have been the second most prosperous man in the parish in 1722, and death registers show that the family had several servants.

* Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester ( c. 1656 – 1722 )

* Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( 1675 – 1722 ), married Lady Anne Churchill daughter and heiress of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

In 1713, Dr Hans Sloane purchased from Charles Cheyne the adjacent Manor of Chelsea, about, which he leased in 1722 to the Society of Apothecaries for £ 5 a year in perpetuity, requiring only that the Garden supply the Royal Society, of which he was a principal, with 50 good herbarium samples per year, up to a total of 2, 000 plants.

Charles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, 4th Earl of Manchester ( c. 1656 – 20 January 1722 ), son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded to his father's earldom in 1683.

Charles Yorke ( 1722 – 1770 ), became, like his father, Lord Chancellor

Charles Yorke ( 30 December 1722 – 20 January 1770 ) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

*— ( 2004 ) " Yorke, Charles ( 1722 – 1770 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 2 March 2008.

* Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, 7th Marquess of Winchester ( 1661 – 1722 )

Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton KG PC ( 1661 – 21 January 1722 ) was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Hampshire and a supporter of William III of Orange.

* Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Earl of Bindon ( 1693 – 1722 )

* Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston ( 1674 – 1722 ) ( created Earl of Tankerville in 1714 )

* Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville ( 1674 – 1722 )