March 14 » According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
March 24 » The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
June 8 » Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
June 24 » The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
July 8 » Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
July 27 » The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
Day of death December 8, 1723
The temperature on December 8, 1723 was about 9.0 °C. Source: KNMI
June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
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