1723
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1720 1721 1722 - 1723 - 1724 1725 1726 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1723 (MDCCXXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1723
[edit] January - July
- February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority.
- May 23 - The Freemasonry lodge Theodor zum guten Rath is founded in Munich, Bavaria.
[edit] July - December
- July - The Russian army, under Matyushkin, captures Baku.
- September 1 - The Treaty of St. Petersburg is signed.
- November 23 - The Province of Carolina incorporates New Bern as Newbern (the town later becomes the capital of North Carolina).
[edit] Undated
- The Province of Carolina incorporates Beaufort, North Carolina as the "Port of Beaufort", making it the third incorporated town in the province.
- Christian von Wolff is banned from Prussia on a charge of atheism.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1723 MDCCXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2476 |
| Armenian calendar | 1172 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -121 – -120 |
| Berber calendar | 2673 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2267 |
| Burmese calendar | 1085 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7231 – 7232 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年十一月廿五日 (4359/4419-11-25) — to —
癸卯年十二月初五日(4360/4420-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 1439 – 1440 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1715 – 1716 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5483 – 5484 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1778 – 1779 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1645 – 1646 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4824 – 4825 |
| Holocene calendar | 11723 |
| Iranian calendar | 1101 – 1102 |
| Islamic calendar | 1135 – 1136 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 8 (享保8年) |
| Korean calendar | 4056 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2266 |
- January 12 - Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (d. 1797)
- 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)
- February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)
- March 22 - Charles Carroll, American lawyer and Continental Congressman (d. 1783)
- March 23 - Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, Iranian king (d. 1778)
- March 31 - King Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
- 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 and naturalist (d. 1788)
- June 5 - (baptised) Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (d. 1790)
- June 11 - Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
- June 20
- Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1816)
- Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (died 1808)
- July 1 - Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman and writer (died 1802)
- July 10 - William Blackstone, English jurist (d. 1780)
- July 11 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799)
- July 16 - Sir Joshua 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)
- November 8 - John Byron, English admiral (d. 1786)
- November 30 - William Livingston, American politician and journalist (d. 1790)
- December 22 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
- December 26 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
[edit] Deaths
- February 25 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1632)
- February 26 - Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653)
- March 15 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet (b. 1695)
- March 31 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (b. 1661)
- April 11 - John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
- May 11 - Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
- July 14 - Claude Fleury, French historian (b. 1640)
- July 26 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (b. 1660)
- August 10 - Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1656)
- August 17 - Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
- August 23 - Increase Mather, American Puritan minister (b. 1639)
- August 26 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (b. 1632)
- October 10 - William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1665)
- October 19 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born artist (b. 1646)
- 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 and actress (b. 1669)
- December 2 - Philip 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 and botanist (b. 1652)
