Editing 1723 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 25]] &ndash; English-born pirate [[Edward Low]] intercepts the Portuguese ship ''Nostra Signiora de Victoria''.  After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than surrendering it, Low orders the captain's brutal torture and execution, then has the rest of the ''Victoria'' crew murdered. Low commits more atrocities this year, but is not certainly heard of after the end of the year.
* [[February 4]] &ndash; The [[Kangxi Emperor|Kangxi Era]] ends in [[Qing dynasty]] China, and the [[Yongzheng Emperor|Yongzheng Era]] begins, with the coronation of Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor.
* [[February 15]] &ndash; King [[Louis XV of France]] attains his majority on his 13th birthday, bringing an end to the [[Régence|regency]] of his cousin [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1723 |title=Historical Events for Year 1723 &#124; OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] &ndash; The [[Arauco War#The Mapuche Uprising of 1723|Mapuche Uprising]] begins in [[Chile]] as the indigenous [[Mapuche]] people, commanded by [[Toqui]] (war chief) [[Vilumilla]], leading an attack against the city of [[Tucapel]].  The war lasts until February 13, 1726.
* [[March 28]] &ndash; The [[capture of Rasht]] from the Persian Empire by the Russian Empire brings [[Rasht]] and the [[Gilan Province]] under Russian control.

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; In [[Switzerland]], the attempt by Major [[Abraham Davel]] to make the [[canton of Vaud]] independent of the Swiss government, is put down, one day after he and 500 men had taken control of the Vaudois capital, [[Lausanne]].  Davel is arrested, tortured and tried for treason; he is beheaded on April 24.
* [[May 27]] &ndash; The [[Black Act 1723]], intended to combat illegal hunting in Great Britain, comes into force and expands the number of crimes that are punishable by death, and remains in effect for 100 years.
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] assumed the office of [[Thomaskantor]] in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, {{lang|de|[[Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75|''Die Elenden sollen essen'', BWV 75]]|italic=unset}}, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after [[Trinity Sunday|Trinity]].<ref>{{cite book
| last1 = Dürr
| first1 = Alfred
| author1-link = Alfred Dürr
| last2 = Jones
| first2 = Richard D. P.
| author2-link = Richard D. P. Jones
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m9JuwslMcq4C&pg=PA384
| chapter = Die Elendenden sollen essen
| title = The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| date = 2006
| pages = 381–387
| isbn = 978-0-19-929776-4
}}</ref>
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)|Russo-Persian War]]: [[Baku]] surrenders to the Russians.

=== July&ndash;September ===
*[[July 2]] &ndash; Bach's [[Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a|Magnificat]] is first performed.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000303?lang=en
| title = Magnificat in E flat major [first version] BWV 243.1; BWV 243a; BC E 13 / Magnificat (The Visitation of Mary [2 July])
| work = [[Bach Digital]]
| access-date = 28 July 2018
}}</ref>
*[[July 12]] &ndash; [[Christian von Wolff]] holds a lecture for students and the magistrates at the end of his term as a rector,<ref name=wolfc>{{cite book|last=Wolf|first=C.|editor=Michael Albrecht|title=Oratio de Sinarum philosophia practica/Rede über die praktische Philosophie der Chinesen|language=de|series=Philosophische Bibliothek|publisher=Felix Meiner Verlag|location=Hamburg, Germany|year=1985|page=XXXIX}}</ref> as a result of which he is banned from [[Prussia]], on a charge of [[atheism]].
*[[July 18]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata [[Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136|''Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz'', BWV 136]], in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after [[Trinity Sunday|Trinity]].<ref name="Bach Digital">{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000168?lang=en | title = Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz BWV 136; BC A 111 | website = [[Bach Digital]] | access-date = 10 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], who had served as the [[Regent]] of [[France]] to rule for [[Louis XV|King Louis XV]] from 1715 until the latter's attainment of majority on February 15, is appointed by the King to serve as his [[Chief Minister of France|Prime Minister]], but dies in office less than four months later.
* [[August 11]] &ndash; The [[Ostend Company]] is chartered by merchants and shipowners to establish trade for the [[Austrian Netherlands]] in the East Indies and West Indies.  Over the next two days, 54 major investors in [[Antwerp]] purchase the shares of stock in the company.
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The [[Peterhof Palace]] is opened in a formal ceremony just outside [[Saint Petersburg]], capital of the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>Abram Grigorevich Raskin, ''Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures'' (Aurora Art Publishers, 1978) p12</ref><ref>Alan Palmer, ''The Baltic: A New History of the Region and Its People'' (Overlook Press, 2007)</ref>
* [[September 1]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)|Treaty of Saint Petersburg]] is signed in Russia, ending the [[Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)]].
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller]] [[António Manoel de Vilhena]] lays down the first stone of [[Fort Manoel]] in Malta.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Russia]]'s Emperor [[Peter the Great]] authorizes an incentive for men of [[Serbia]] to join a new Russian Imperial Army unit, the [[Serbian Hussar Regiment]]. The Emperor sends [[Jovan Albanez]] to recruit new officers and troops with a grant of farmable land in Russia, and 1,070 take advantage of the offer over the next two years.
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Gian Gastone de' Medici]] becomes the new [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]] upon the death of his father Cosimo III; he will be the state's last ruler from the [[House of Medici]]. During his reign, the state treasury is depleted and Tuscany becomes one of the poorest nations in Europe. 
* [[November 23]] &ndash; The Province of Carolina charters [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]] as Newbern (the town later becomes the capital of [[North Carolina]] until Raleigh is founded).
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], regent of France from 1715 to 1723, and Prime Minister since August 10, dies at the age of 49 at Versailles.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of [[Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40|''Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'', BWV 40]], his first [[Christmas Cantata]] composed for Leipzig.

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* The [[Province of Carolina]] incorporates [[Beaufort, North Carolina]], as the ''Port of Beaufort'', making it the third incorporated town in the province.</onlyinclude>