In remote Königsberg philosopher Immanuel Kant ( 1724 – 1804 ) tried to reconcile rationalism and religious belief, individual freedom, and political authority.

* 1724 – Henry Laurens, American merchant, slave trader, and political leader ( d. 1792 )

Members of the Orsini include popes Celestine III ( 1191 – 1198 ), Nicholas III ( 1277 – 1280 ), and Benedict XIII ( 1724 – 1730 ), 34 Cardinals of the Roman Church and numerous condottieri and other significant political and religious figures.

* April 27 – Col. Thomas Gardner, political figure and heroic soldier ( b. 1724 )

After the death of Ayuka Khan in 1724, the political situation among the Kalmyks became unstable as various factions sought to be recognized as Khan.

* probable-Mary de la Rivière Manley, novelist, playwright and political pamphleteer ( died 1724 )

Simon Boerum ( 1724 – July 11, 1775 ) was a farmer, miller, and political leader from Brooklyn, New York.

By 1724, London political life was experiencing a crisis of public confidence.

Delarivier ( sometimes spelt Delariviere, Delarivière or de la Rivière ) Manley ( 1663 or c. 1670 – 1724 ) was an English novelist of amatory fiction, playwright, and political pamphleteer.

When the empire began to weaken in the 18th century, a Mughal official, Asif Jah, defeated a rival Mughal governor's attempt to seize control of the empire's southern provinces, declaring himself Nizam-al-Mulk of Hyderabad in 1724.

In 1724, Chin Qulich Khan Asaf Jah I Mir Qamaruddin Siddiqi son of Qaziuddin Siddiqi and grandson of Khwaja Abid siddiqi ( Qulich Khan ), who was granted the title Nizam-ul-Mulk ( governor of the country ) by the Mughal emperor, defeated a rival official to establish control over Hyderabad.

* Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford ( 1701 – 31 March 1751 ), who married Margaret Rolle ( 17 January 1709 – 13 January 1781 ), later the 15th Baroness Clinton, on 26 March 1724 and had one son.

They had been living openly together in Richmond, Houghton Hall and London society since about 1724, and she had borne him an illegitimate daughter whom he eventually had ennobled as Lady Maria Walpole.

The town of Walpole, Massachusetts, USA was founded in 1724 and named after Sir Robert Walpole.

In 1724 Newcastle was chosen by Sir Robert Walpole to be Secretary of State for the Southern Department in place of Lord Carteret, a move largely engineered by Townshend.

In 1724, Philips would update poetry again by writing a series of odes dedicated to " all ages and characters, from Walpole, the steerer of the realm, to Miss Pulteney in the nursery.

The house was originally owned by the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and in 1724 by Robert Walpole.

In the House of Commons he attached himself to the Whigs, and making himself useful to Sir Robert Walpole, was rewarded with a commissionership of the treasury in 1724.

However, the report was not officially released by Walpole in the Parliament's Gazette, but published without Parliament's authority in the London Journal in August 1724.

He opposed the malt-tax in 1724, when the Argyll party came with Walpole into power.

In 1724, Philips would update poetry again by writing a series of odes dedicated to " all ages and characters, from Walpole, the steerer of the realm, to Miss Pulteney in the nursery.

* 1724 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal ( d. 1807 )

* George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend ( 1724 – 1807 ) ( created Marquess Townshend in 1787 )

* George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend ( 1724 – 1807 )

French and Italian translations were published by the 1690s, and an English translation by Townshend appeared in 1724.

A member of the Anglo-Irish elite of Protestant background, Grattan was the son of James Grattan MP, of Belcamp Park, County Dublin ( d. 1766 ), and Mary ( 1724 – 1768 ), youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Marlay ( 1691 – 1756 ), Attorney-General of Ireland, Chief Baron of the Exchequer and finally Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench ( Ireland ).

The Master of the Rolls sat there between 1717 and 1724 while the Rolls Court was being rebuilt, and Lord Talbot used it as a court in 1733.

* John Carteret, 3rd Lord Carteret: 4 March 1721-31 March 1724

He travelled in Europe with Lord William Henry Lyttleton Westcote ( 1724 – 1808 ).

* Lord William Manners ( 29 July 1724 – 11 March 1730 )

** James Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie ( c. 1718 – 1724 )

* John Gray, 9th Lord Gray ( d. 1724 )

* Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronet ( 1641 – 1724 ) ( created Lord Polwarth in 1697 )

* Patrick Hume, 1st Lord Polwarth ( 1641 – 1724 ) ( created Earl of Marchmont in 1697 )

* George Forrester, 6th Lord Forrester ( 1724 – 1748 )

In 1724 he was implicated in financial irregularities, however he did not resign as Lord Chancellor until 1725.

Cook named the bay " Hervey's Bay " after Augustus John Hervey ( 1724 – 1779 ), later Third Earl of Bristol, a naval officer who became a Lord of the Admiralty the year Endeavour returned ".

In 1724, Dashwood bequeathed this unremarkable house to his 16-year-old son, the 2nd Baronet, also Francis, later Lord le Despencer, who is perhaps best known for establishing the Hellfire Club close to the mansion, in the West Wycombe Caves.

Founded in 1724, the holder was appointed by the Lord Almoner and paid from the Almonry funds.

He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1720 to 1724 and Lord Chamberlain from 1724 until his death.

Dulness, the goddess, appears at a Lord Mayor's Day in 1724 and notes that her king, Elkannah Settle, has died.

On Lord Mayor's Day of 1724, when Sir George Thorold was Lord Mayor, Dulness announces the death of the current King of Dunces, Elkanah Settle.

Page's other property investments included the purchase of Battlesden Manor in Bedfordshire from Lord Bathurst in 1724.