Editing 1722 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Daniel Defoe]]'s novel ''[[Moll Flanders]]'' is published anonymously in London.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Cape Lopez]] begins off of the coast of [[West Africa]] (and present-day [[Gabon]]), as the Royal Navy brings an end to the piracy of [[ Bartholomew Roberts]], nicknamed "Black Bart".  Captained by [[Chaloner Ogle]] of the [[Royal Navy]], [[HMS Swallow (1703)|HMS ''Swallow'']] fires its cannons as Roberts sails his ship ''Royal Fortune'' toward the oncoming ''Swallow'' in order to gain time by forcing ''Swallow'' to turn around.  Standing on the deck, Roberts and two of his crew are killed by the second wave of cannon fire.  The remaining 272 pirate crew are captured.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Peter the Great]], [[Emperor of All Russia]], announces that his heir to the throne will be his 4-year old grandson, [[Peter II of Russia|Prince Pyotr Alekseivich]].  
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Shah|Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah]], the Grand Mogul of north India's [[Mughal empire]], names [[Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I|Nizam-ul-Mulk]] as his Grand Vizier. Three years later, the Nizam will rebel against the Grand Mogul and create his own independent nation as the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], reigning as Asaf Jah.
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gulnabad]] in [[Persia]]: The [[Pashtun people]] of [[Afghanistan]], led by [[Mahmud Hotak]], decisively defeat forces of the Persian [[Safavid dynasty]], precipitating its fall.