The 1720s

1726 300 years ago

On the First Sunday after Trinity, J. S. Bach led the first performance of Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 (page…

Throughout his life as a musician, Johann Sebastian Bach composed cantatas for both secular and sacred use. He composed his church cantatas for use in the Lutheran church, mainly i…

On the First Sunday after Trinity, J. S. Bach led the first performance of Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 (page…

1726 300 years ago

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Geist und Seele wird verwirret, a solo cantata for alto voice.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Geist und Seele wird verwirret, a solo cantata for alto voice.

1726 300 years ago

Bach led the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…

Bach led the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig.

1726 300 years ago

Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Es erhub sich ein Streit, a cantata for Michaelmas.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…

Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Es erhub sich ein Streit, a cantata for Michaelmas.

1726 300 years ago

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a…

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a…

1725

The Order of St

The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on 1 June [O.S. 21 May] 1725 by Empress Catherine I of Russia.

The Order of St

1725

Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he re…

Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

1725

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ship…

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)

1725

Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (died 1785)

Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, known as le Gros, was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior …

Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (died 1785)

1725

Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice (died 1802)

Lodovico Giovanni Manin was a Venetian politician, patrician, and the 120th and last Doge of Venice. He governed the Venetian Republic from 9 March 1789 until its fall on 12 May 17…

Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice (died 1802)

1725

Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire (died 1795)

Ahilyabai Holkar, also spelled Ahalya Bai, was the Rajamata and later the ruling queen of Indore within the Maratha Empire. She established Maheshwar as the seat of the Holkar Dyna…

Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire (died 1795)

1725

Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…

Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd

1725

J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting…

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…

J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting…

1725

Rhoda Delaval, English painter and aristocrat (died 1757)

Rhoda Delaval Astley was an English aristocrat and artist. She was married to Edward Astley, with whom she had a daughter and three sons. Lady Astley studied painting with Arthur P…

Rhoda Delaval, English painter and aristocrat (died 1757)

1725

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (died 1807)

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French Royal Army officer who played a critical role in the American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the…

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (died 1807)

1725

John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)

John Newton was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. Newton served a…

John Newton, English sailor and priest (died 1807)

1725

Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (died

Samuel Ward Sr. was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and delegate to the Conti…

Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (died

1725

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator (died 1805)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze was a French painter of portraits, genre scenes, and history painting.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator (died 1805)

1725

Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1767)

Charles Townshend was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of th…

Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1767)

1725

Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)

Jean-Étienne Montucla was a French mathematician and historian.

Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)

1725

Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)

Nicolas Desmarest was a French geologist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, in particular, the multi-volume Géograp…

Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)

1725

Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (died 1774)

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of th…

Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (died 1774)

1725

Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (died 1810)

Étienne Louis Geoffroy was a French entomologist and pharmacist. He was born in Paris and died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted hims…

Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (died 1810)

1725

John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797)

John Wilkes was a British radical, journalist, politician, magistrate and writer. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought …

John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797)