Major Events
- Jan 4 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]
- Feb 20 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for £100 a scalp bounty
- Apr 30 Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna
- May 1 Spain and Austria sign trade treaty
- May 21 The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
- Sep 3 Britain, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
- Oct 4 Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
- Nov 5 Spain & Austria sign secret treaty
Louis Mandrin
Giacomo Casanova
Comte de Rochambeau
John Wilkes
George MasonMore People Born in 1725
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Famous Weddings in 1725
- Sep 5 French King Louis XV (15) marries Polish princess Marie Leszczyńska (22)
Antonio Vivaldi
Daniel Defoe
Johann Sebastian Bach
Robert Walpole