January 24 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system January 24 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st U.S. divinity professor (Harvard) March 8 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia March 17 Willem K. H. Friso appointed mayor of Drente April 5 Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island April 6 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards April 22 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed April 30 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant May 3 Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris June 30 Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions September 12 Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia October 19 French C. Hopffer patents fire extinguisher November 2 Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland November 7 Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers," premieres in London
