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1722
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld     
The Iroquois League becomes known as the Six Nations, after the Tuscarora join the group       
1722
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld    
Easter Island is reached by the Dutch, beginning a spate of European discovery in the islands of the Pacific      
Hodges Monuments on Easter Island (detail)
National Maritime Museum
1722
 
    
J.S. Bach publishes The Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues       
1722
 
     
16-year-old Benjamin Franklin contributes the 'Dogood Papers', essays on moral topics, to a Boston journal, The New England Courant        
1722
 
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Whitton Park is bought by Archibald Campbell, Lord Ilay, later third Duke of Argyll. See in Google maps   
1722
 
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John Robartes, later fourth Earl of Radnor, leases Radnor House. See in Google maps   
1722
 
Place or Object  
Thomas Twining 1 buys a property next to St Mary's Church and redevelops the building which becomes known as Dial House. See in Google maps   
1723
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld    
The Austrian emperor, Charles VI, agrees that Hungary shall be ruled as a separate kingdom within his empire      
1723
 
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Sir Godfrey Kneller dies and leaves Kneller Hall to his widow Susannah. See in Google maps   
1724
 
Narrative history in HistoryWorld    
General Wade, commander-in-chief of North Britain, begins an impressive programme of road construction in the Scottish Highlands