* 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist ( d. 1806 )

* 1674 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ( d. 1723 )

* 1646 – Godfrey Kneller, German painter ( d. 1723 )

* 1642 – Cosimo III de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ( d. 1723 )

* 1723 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman ( b. 1656 )

* 1723 – Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer ( d. 1797 )

The first, most important and successful was The Beggar's Opera of 1728, with a libretto by John Gay and music arranged by John Christopher Pepusch, both of whom probably influenced by Parisian vaudeville and the burlesques and musical plays of Thomas D ' Urfey ( 1653 – 1723 ), a number of whose collected ballads they used in their work.

What is most likely the oldest preserved drawing dates back to the early microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ( 1632 – 1723 ).

* 1640 – Claude Fleury, French historian ( d. 1723 )

* 1723 – Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress ( b. 1667 )

* 1723 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer ( d. 1807 )

* 1652 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician ( d. 1723 )

* 1723 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer ( d. 1787 )

Ecological concepts such as food chains, population regulation, and productivity were first developed in the 1700s, through the published works of microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ( 1632 – 1723 ) and botanist Richard Bradley ( 1688 ?– 1732 ).

* 1723 – John Burgoyne, British general ( d. 1792 )

* 1723 – Richard Price, Welsh philosopher ( d. 1791 )

* 1723 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian ( d. 1808 )

* Frederick V of Denmark ( 1723 – 1766 ), king of Denmark and Norway

Telemann returned to Hamburg, but would still supplement his income by taking up additional jobs: in 1723 – 1726 he served as Kapellmeister von Haus aus to the Bayreuth court, and between 1725 and 1730 he acted as corresponding agent to the court at Eisenach, supplying news from northern Europe.

During the 18th century, Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ( 1632 – 1723 ) discovered " animalcules " in the sperm of humans and other animals.

* 1703: William Frederick ( before 1686 – 1723 )

* 1723: Charles William ( 1712 – 1757 )

** the Régence, a period of regency under Philip II of Orléans, 1715 – 1723

Image: Ikeno Taiga 001. jpg | Ike no Taiga, ( 1723 – 1776 ), Fish in Spring, Japanese

Most foreign militaries operated under the umbrella of the Multinational force in Iraq ( the MNF – I ), authorized under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546, 1637, 1723, and 1790 until December 31, 2008.

* December 31 – Jean-François Marmontel, a French historian and writer ( b. 1723 )

Image: Jean-François de Troy-The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fidèle-WGA23081. jpg | Jean François de Troy-The Alarm, or the Gouvernante Fidèle, 1723

Jean-François Marmontel ( 11 July 1723 – 31 December 1799 ) was a French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement.

* Bort-les-Orgues was the birthplace of the philosopher Jean-François Marmontel ( 1723 – 1799 ).

* Jean-François Marmontel ( July 11, 1723 – December 31, 1799 ), historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement, was educated by the Jesuits at Mauriac.

* 1723 – Claude Fleury, French historian ( b. 1640 )

* 1723 – Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier ( b. 1632 )

* Baron d ' Holbach ( 1723 – 1789 ) French.

* April 25 – Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine, French prince ( d. 1723 )

* December 6 – Claude Fleury, French historian ( d. 1723 )

* September 6 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian ( b. 1723 )

* June 23 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist ( b. 1723 )

* November 24 – Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman ( b. 1723 )

* September 6 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman ( d. 1723 )

This term first appeared in the French Dictionary " Dictionnaire Universal de Commerce " of Jacques des Bruslons published in 1723.

* Meyer, Jean, Le Régent ( 1674 – 1723 ), Editions Ramsay, Paris, 1985, ( French ).

But in summer of 1723 during Dummer's War, the Norridgewocks and 250 of their Indian allies from Canada, incited by the French missionary Sebastien Rale, attacked the area.

Due to fears of tides and hurricanes in the 18th century, the capital of French Louisiana was later moved by colonial governor Bienville, in 1723, from Biloxi to a new inland harbor town named La Nouvelle-Orléans ( New Orleans ), built for the purpose in 1718 – 1720.

Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d ' Holbach ( 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789 ) was a French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment.

A plan of fortifications was developed by the French military engineer Jacques Levasseur de Néré ( 1662 – 1723 ) and approved by Louis XIV's commissary general of fortifications Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in 1701.

Colonies were established in India in Chandernagore ( 1673 ) and Pondicherry in the Southeast ( 1674 ), and later at Yanam ( 1723 ), Mahe ( 1725 ), and Karikal ( 1739 ) ( see French India ).

* October 24-Jean de La Chapelle, French dramatist ( died 1723 )

** David-Augustin de Brueys, French theologian and dramatist ( died 1723 )