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What Happened in April 1722

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Historical Events

Europeans Discover Easter Island

Apr 5 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific

Two Moai on the Rano Raraku crater on Rapa Nui from a 1914-15 expedition photograph held in the British Museum
  • Apr 22 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
  • Apr 30 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
Events in 1722

Famous Birthdays

  • Apr 11 Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols), born in Shipbourne, England (d. 1771)
  • Apr 12 Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer, born in Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1793)
Born in 1722

Famous Deaths

  • Apr 13 Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican priest, dies at 71
  • Apr 14 Pieter Erberveld, German-Thai merchant on Java, Indonesia. He was accused of plotting a rebellion with the Javanese, tortured and executed at around 62
  • Apr 21 Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)


What Happened in 1722

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