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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 - 1728 - 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733
Events
- Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley
- Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala
Year in Topic
Births
- February 21 - Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (+ 1762)
- August 28 - John Stark, American Revolutionary War general
- September 14 - Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright
- October 27 - James Cook (+1779), British naval captain and explorer.
Deaths
- Marin Marais, French bass viol player and composer (born 1656)
- François Duval, French violinist and composer (born c1673)
- Père Gabriel Daniel, French writer and Jesuit theologian (born 1649)
- Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (born 1654)
- Giovanni Maria Crescimbeni, Italian poet and critic (born 1663)
