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15th of January 1725. James Macrae, a former captain of a freighter for the British East India Company, is hired by the Company to administer the Madras Presidency (at this time, the "Presidency of Fort St. George"), and begins major reforms. The area administered is most of Southern India.

created by thamusicmike on 15/01/2025 at 18:41 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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14th of January 1725. Johann Sebastian Bach- "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid", BWV 3, premiered Jan. 14 in Leipzig, the second Sunday after Epiphany.

created by michaelnoir on 14/01/2025 at 15:20 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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[January 9th, 1725] Peter the Great orders Vitus Bering to explore the lands between Russia and North America

created by MonsieurA on 09/01/2025 at 06:53 UTC - 4 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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7th of January 1725. Johann Sebastian Bach: "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht", BWV 124, premiered Jan. 7 in Leipzig.

created by michaelnoir on 07/01/2025 at 15:32 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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6th of January 1725. J. S. Bach leads the first performance of "Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen", BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany.

created by michaelnoir on 06/01/2025 at 18:22 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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1st of January 1725. J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset", BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end.

created by michaelnoir on 01/01/2025 at 21:57 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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"Drapier's Letters": The Drapier's fifth letter, "A Letter To the Honourable the Lord Viscount Molesworth, at his House at Brackdenstown, near Swords" was published on 31 December 1724. The letter includes the most pseudo-biographical information on the Drapier.

created by michaelnoir on 31/12/2024 at 19:11 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, i.redd.it)

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[28 December 1724] In Sweden Maria Romberg and three accomplices murder Romberg's husband.

created by One_Record3555 on 28/12/2024 at 22:25 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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27th of December 1724. In London death of Thomas Guy, philanthropist who founded Guy's Hospital.

created by michaelnoir on 27/12/2024 at 23:30 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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26th of December 1724. The premiere of Tomaso Albinoni's "Didone abbandonata", a setting of Metastasio's libretto, takes place at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice.

created by michaelnoir on 26/12/2024 at 20:37 UTC - 5 upvotes (https, de.wikipedia.org)

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24th of December 1724. Francesco Valesio resumes writing his "Diario di Roma", 13 years after he ceased his recording of daily life in Rome.

created by michaelnoir on 24/12/2024 at 18:50 UTC - 6 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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24th of December 1724. General George Wade is appointed Commander in Chief in Scotland after his report on the need for military roads in the country.

created by michaelnoir on 24/12/2024 at 18:51 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, web.archive.org)

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24th of December 1724. 18-year-old Benjamin Franklin arrives in London to find employment in the printing business.

created by MonsieurA on 24/12/2024 at 10:38 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, www.ushistory.org)

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14th of December 1724. The Viceroyalty of Zhili (modern-day Hebei province) is recreated in the Chinese Empire by the Emperor Yongzheng for the first time in 55 years, with Li Weijun as the first Viceory. Zhili exists as a viceroyalty until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.

created by michaelnoir on 14/12/2024 at 15:35 UTC - 2 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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9th of December 1724. Premiere of Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Egypt"

created by michaelnoir on 09/12/2024 at 22:57 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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[8 December 1724] The French composer and musician Claude Balbastre is born.

created by One_Record3555 on 08/12/2024 at 16:33 UTC - 5 upvotes (https, i.redd.it)

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7/12/1724. Tumult of Thorn: In the aftermath of an attack against Jesuit Catholics led by the Lutheran Mayor of the Prussian City of Thorn (modern-day Toruń in Poland), the execution of the 10 Lutheran officials (including Mayor Johann Gottfried Rösner) is carried out publicly in the town square.

created by michaelnoir on 07/12/2024 at 13:20 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, i.redd.it)

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7th of December 1724. By order of the Nizam, Hyderabad is made the permanent capital of the Indian princely state of the same name. It becomes capital of the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

created by michaelnoir on 07/12/2024 at 13:20 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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2nd of December 1724. The Metropolitan Mojsije Petrović, leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church within the Habsburg monarchy, issues a 57-point decree to purge the church of Turkish influence.

created by michaelnoir on 02/12/2024 at 11:34 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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1st of December 1724. The opera "Artaserse" by Attilio Ariosti debuts at the King's Theatre in London.

created by michaelnoir on 01/12/2024 at 16:21 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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Catherine I's chamberlain and asset manager Willem Mons, with whom she may have had a sexual relationship, was officially beheaded on November 27th for bribery and embezzlement, and his severed head was allegedly placed on Catherine's desk.

created by michaelnoir on 27/11/2024 at 18:30 UTC - 3 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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19th of November 1724. The Dutch East India Company frigate "Slot ter Hooge" strikes rocks and sinks off Porto Santo Island, Madeira, with the loss of 221 of the 254 people on board.

created by michaelnoir on 19/11/2024 at 19:25 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, i.redd.it)

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[19 November 1724] The Dutch painter and engraver Jacobus Buys is born. Here is a self-portrait.

created by One_Record3555 on 19/11/2024 at 14:07 UTC - 15 upvotes (https, i.redd.it)

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16th of November 1724. Notorious criminal Jack Sheppard hanged at Tyburn before an estimated 200,000 onlookers. An "autobiographical" "Narrative" of his life, said to be by Daniel Defoe, goes on sale at his execution.

created by michaelnoir on 16/11/2024 at 21:35 UTC - 10 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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11th of November 1724. Joseph Blake (alias "Blueskin"), English highwayman, is hanged in London.

created by michaelnoir on 11/11/2024 at 22:31 UTC - 9 upvotes (https, en.wikipedia.org)

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