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June 26 :Baku surrenders to the Russians 1723 (MDCCXXIII ) was acommon year starting on Friday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Tuesday of theJulian calendar , the 1723rd year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 23rd year of the18th century , and the 4th year of the1720s decade. As of the start of 1723, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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January 25 – English-born pirateEdward Low intercepts the Portuguese shipNostra Signiora de Victoria . After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than surrendering it, Low orders the captain's brutal torture and execution, then has the rest of theVictoria crew murdered. Low commits more atrocities this year, but is not certainly heard of after the end of the year.February 4 – TheKangxi Era ends inQing dynasty China, and theYongzheng Era begins, with the coronation of Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor.February 15 – KingLouis XV of France attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to theregency of his cousinPhilippe II, Duke of Orléans .[ 1] March 9 – TheMapuche Uprising begins inChile as the indigenousMapuche people, commanded byToqui (war chief)Vilumilla , leading an attack against the city ofTucapel . The war lasts until February 13, 1726.March 28 – Thecapture of Rasht from the Persian Empire by the Russian Empire bringsRasht and theGilan Province under Russian control.April 1 – InSwitzerland , the attempt by MajorAbraham Davel to make thecanton of Vaud independent of the Swiss government, is put down, one day after he and 500 men had taken control of the Vaudois capital,Lausanne . Davel is arrested, tortured and tried for treason; he is beheaded on April 24.May 27 – TheBlack Act 1723 , intended to combat illegal hunting in Great Britain, comes into force and expands the number of crimes that are punishable by death, and remains in effect for 100 years.May 30 –Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office ofThomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata,Die Elenden sollen essen , BWV 75Trinity .[ 2] June 26 –Russo-Persian War :Baku surrenders to the Russians.July 2 – Bach'sMagnificat is first performed.[ 3] July 12 –Christian von Wolff holds a lecture for students and the magistrates at the end of his term as a rector,[ 4] Prussia , on a charge ofatheism .July 18 –Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantataErforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz , BWV 136Trinity .[ 5] August 10 –Philippe II, Duke of Orléans , who had served as theRegent ofFrance to rule forKing Louis XV from 1715 until the latter's attainment of majority on February 15, is appointed by the King to serve as hisPrime Minister , but dies in office less than four months later.August 11 – TheOstend Company is chartered by merchants and shipowners to establish trade for theAustrian Netherlands in the East Indies and West Indies. Over the next two days, 54 major investors inAntwerp purchase the shares of stock in the company.August 15 – ThePeterhof Palace is opened in a formal ceremony just outsideSaint Petersburg , capital of theRussian Empire .[ 6] [ 7] September 1 – TheTreaty of Saint Petersburg is signed in Russia, ending theRusso-Persian War (1722–1723) .September 14 –Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone ofFort Manoel in Malta.October 23 –Russia 's EmperorPeter the Great authorizes an incentive for men ofSerbia to join a new Russian Imperial Army unit, theSerbian Hussar Regiment . The Emperor sendsJovan Albanez to recruit new officers and troops with a grant of farmable land in Russia, and 1,070 take advantage of the offer over the next two years.October 31 –Gian Gastone de' Medici becomes the newGrand Duke of Tuscany upon the death of his father Cosimo III; he will be the state's last ruler from theHouse of Medici . During his reign, the state treasury is depleted and Tuscany becomes one of the poorest nations in Europe.November 23 – The Province of Carolina chartersNew Bern as Newbern (the town later becomes the capital ofNorth Carolina until Raleigh is founded).December 2 –Philippe II, Duke of Orléans , regent of France from 1715 to 1723, and Prime Minister since August 10, dies at the age of 49 at Versailles.December 26 –Bach leads the first performance ofDarzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes , BWV 40Christmas Cantata composed for Leipzig.January 5 –Nicole-Reine Lepaute , French astronomer, mathematician (d.1788 )January 11 –Prithvi Narayan Shah , First Monarch of Nepal (d.1775 )January 12 –Samuel Langdon , American President of Harvard University (d.1797 )January 31 –Petronella Johanna de Timmerman , Dutch poet, scientist (d.1786 )February 15 –John Witherspoon , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d.1794 )February 17 –Tobias Mayer , German astronomer (d.1761 )February 21 –Louis-Pierre Anquetil , French historian (d.1808 )February 23 –Richard Price , Welsh philosopher (d.1791 )March 22 –Charles Carroll , American lawyer, Continental Congressman (d.1783 )March 25 –Catharina Mulder , Dutch organist (d.1798 )March 31 – KingFrederick V of Denmark (d.1766 )April 5 –Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie , Swedish countess (d.1763 )April 20 –Cornelius Harnett ,American Continental Congressman (d.1781 )April 30 –Mathurin Jacques Brisson , French naturalist (d.1806 )June 3 –Giovanni Antonio Scopoli , Italian-born physician, naturalist (d.1788 )June 11 –Johann Georg Palitzsch , German astronomer (d.1788 )Adam Smith June 16 – (baptised)Adam Smith , Scottish economist, philosopher (d.1790 )June 20 July 1 –Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes , Spanish statesman, writer (d.1802 )July 10 –William Blackstone , English jurist (d.1780 )July 11 –Jean-François Marmontel , French historian, writer (d.1799 )July 16 – SirJoshua Reynolds , English painter (d.1792 )September 11 –Johann Bernhard Basedow , German educational reformer (d.1790 )October 4 –Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus , German entomologist (d.1798 )October 11 –Hedvig Strömfelt , Swedish psalm writer (d.1766 )November 8 –John Byron , English admiral (d.1786 )November 30 –William Livingston , American politician, journalist (d.1790 )December 22 –Carl Friedrich Abel , German composer (d.1787 )December 26 –Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm , German writer (d.1807 )Date unknown Christopher Wren February 25 – SirChristopher Wren , English architect, astronomer and mathematician (b.1632 )February 26 –Thomas d'Urfey , English writer (b.1653 )March 13 –René Auguste Constantin de Renneville , French writer (b.1650 )March 15 –Johann Christian Günther , German poet (b.1695 )March 30 –Filippo Bonanni , Italian Jesuit scholar (b.1638 )March 31 –Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon , British Governor of New York and New Jersey (b.1661 )April 5 –Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach , Austrian architect (b.1656 )April 11 –John Robinson , English diplomat (b.1650 )May 2 –Christopher of Baden-Durlach , German prince (b.1684 )May 11 –Jean Galbert de Campistron , French dramatist (b.1656 )May 12 –Johannes Voorhout , Dutch painter (b.1647 )May 29 –Jean de La Chapelle , French writer and dramatist (b.1651 )June 4 –Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine , French prince (b.1707 )June 8 –Isaac Chayyim Cantarini , Italian rabbi (b.1644 )June 14 –Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford , English politician (b.1644 )July 14 –Claude Fleury , French historian (b.1640 )July 26 –Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven , English statesman (b.1660 )July 28 –Mariana Alcoforado ,Portuguese nun (b.1640 )August 4 –William Fleetwood , Anglican bishop (b.1656 )August 10 –Guillaume Dubois , French cardinal, statesman (b.1656 )August 14 –Edward Northey (barrister) , British barrister and politician (b.1652 )August 17 –Joseph Bingham , English scholar (b.1668 )August 21 –Dimitrie Cantemir , Moldavian linguist and scholar (b.1673 )August 23 –Increase Mather , American Puritan minister (b.1639 )Antonie van Leeuwenhoek August 26 –Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch scientist (b.1632 )September 19 –Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton , English diplomat (b.1662 )October 1 –Frédéric Maurice Casimir de La Tour d'Auvergne , French prince (b.1702 )October 10 –William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper ,Lord Chancellor of England (b. c.1665 )October 13 –Praskovia Saltykova , Russian tsarina (b.1664 )October 19 –Godfrey Kneller , German-born artist (b.1646 )October 28 –Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard , English politician and peer (b.1653 )October 31 –Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.1642 )November 19 –Antoine Nompar de Caumont , French courtier and statesman (b.1632 )December 1 –Susanna Centlivre , English dramatist, actress (b.1669 )December 2 –Philippe II, Duke of Orléans , regent of France (b.1674 )December 7 –Jan Santini Aichel , Czech architect (b.1677 )December 20 –Augustus Quirinus Rivinus , German physician, botanist (b.1652 )^ "Historical Events for Year 1723 | OnThisDay.com" .Historyorb.com . RetrievedJune 30, 2016 .^ Dürr, Alfred ;Jones, Richard D. P. (2006)."Die Elendenden sollen essen" .The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text .Oxford University Press . pp. 381– 387.ISBN 978-0-19-929776-4 ^ "Magnificat in E flat major [first version] BWV 243.1; BWV 243a; BC E 13 / Magnificat (The Visitation of Mary [2 July])" .Bach Digital . RetrievedJuly 28, 2018 .^ Wolf, C. (1985). Michael Albrecht (ed.).Oratio de Sinarum philosophia practica/Rede über die praktische Philosophie der Chinesen . Philosophische Bibliothek (in German). Hamburg, Germany: Felix Meiner Verlag. p. XXXIX. ^ "Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz BWV 136; BC A 111" .Bach Digital . RetrievedJuly 10, 2023 .^ Abram Grigorevich Raskin,Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures (Aurora Art Publishers, 1978) p12 ^ Alan Palmer,The Baltic: A New History of the Region and Its People (Overlook Press, 2007) 
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