* 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.

* 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

* 1722 – Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ( d. 1770 )

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

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

* April 15 – Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and antiquarian ( d. 1722 )

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

* April 15-Sir Robert Sibbald, historian ( died 1722 )

Born in Dalkeith: the American Architecht Robert Smith ( 1722 ), the politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ( 1742 ), the artist John Kay ( 1742 ), Robert Aitken who published the first Bible in North America, David Mushet, who pioneered iron production, photographer Robert Macpherson ( 1814 ), and the mathematical physicist Peter Guthrie Tait ( 1831 ).

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.

* Lord Robert Manners-Sutton ( 1722 – 1762 )

* Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth ( 1681 – 1722 )

* Robert Smith ( architect ) ( 1722 – 1777 ), American architect

* Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness ( 1681 – 1722 )

Master-founders at Aldbourne included Robert Cor ( active 1694 – 1724 ), William Cor ( active 1696 – 1722 ), Oliver Cor ( active 1725 – 27 ), John Cor ( active 1728 – 50 ), John Stares ( active 1744 – 46 ), Edward Read ( active 1751 – 57 ), Edne Witts ( active 1759 – 74 ), Robert I Wells ( active 1760 – 81 ), Robert II Wells ( active 1781 – 93 ), James Wells ( active 1792 – 1826 ).

* Houghton Hall, Norfolk, begun 1722, for Sir Robert Walpole, the Whig prime minister.

* Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, 10th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 7th Baron Conyers ( 1681 – 1722 )

Sir Robert Sibbald ( 15 April 1641 – August 1722 ) was a Scottish physician and antiquary.

His brothers were Admiral Hugh Pigot ( 1722 – 1792 ) and Sir Robert.

* Thirlby, S., London, 1722.

He was thus a member both of the Academy of Inscriptions and of the Academy of Sciences ; and in 1697 he became perpetual secretary to the latter, an office he held for forty-two years ; and it was in this official capacity that he wrote the Histoire du renouvellement de l ' Académie des Sciences ( Paris, 3 vols., 1708, 1717, 1722 ) containing extracts and analyses of the proceedings, and also the éloges of the members, written with great simplicity and delicacy.

But the lasting monument of his literary fame is his excellent French version of Sharafuddin Ali Yazdi's Zafar Nama or History of Timur ( completed 828 A. H .; AD 1425 ), which was published posthumously ( 4 vols., Paris, 1722 ; Eng.

In particular, French Jesuits and Capuchin Franciscans were responsible for the preaching of the Gospel along the Mississippi River during the first half of the 18th century: it is recorded that Père Pierre Charlevoix, S. J., celebrated the first Eucharist in Baton Rouge on New Year's Day, 1722, on the present site of the Louisiana State Capitol building.

* ‘ A Full Inquiry into the Original Authority of that Text, 1 John v. 7 ,’ & c., 1715 ( the controversy with Martin lasted till 1722 ; each wrote three pieces ).