Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1722
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Literature
- Buckingham, Works, ed. Alexander Pope (posthumous)
- Croxall, The Fables of Æsop and Others
- Daniel Defoe, Journal of the Plague Year, History of Peter
the Great, Colonel Jack, Moll Flanders
- Diaper and Jones, Halieuticks of Oppian
- Parnell, Poems, ed. Alexander Pope
- Thomas Tickell, To Sir Godfrey Kneller
Theatre
- Ambrose Philips, The Briton
- William Phillips, Hibernia Freed
- Richard Steele, The Conscious Lovers
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), 12 Solo Sonatas,
Op. 1, and 6 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2, published
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- The Atterbury Plot ???
- Sir Robert Walpole is made Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord
of the Treasury
- Parliament levies a tax on Roman Catholics
- An oath of allegiance is required ???
Philosophy & Theology
- Jonathan Edwards completes his Master's degree at Yale, with
a thesis "Of Being"; begins his ministry in a Presbyterian church
in New York; begins keeping a diary.
Milestones
- Death of Marlborough
- Birth of Christopher Smart
- Birth of Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender
- Death of Sunderland
- Death of Toland
- Birth of Joseph Warton
Miscellaneous
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