Editing 1724 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 7]] &ndash; (Good Friday) [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his ''[[St John Passion structure|St John Passion]]'',""carefully designed with a great deal of musico-theological intent", on [[Good Friday]].
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata [[Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66|''Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen'', BWV 66]], his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads the first performance of his cantata [[Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104|''Du Hirte Israel, höre'', BWV 104]], illustrating the topic of the [[Good Shepherd]] in [[Pastoral|pastoral music]].
* [[April 28]] &ndash; The first of the seven ''[[Drapier's Letters]]'', satirical pamphlets seeking to arouse public opinion in Ireland against the imposition by the British of a privately minted [[copper]] coinage, is published by [[Jonathan Swift]], [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]] and author, writing under the pseudonym "M. B., Drapier", identifying himself as a [[Draper|drapier]] or seller of cloth.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; Cardinal [[Giulio Piazza]], the Archbishop of Faenza, comes within four votes of being elected the new Pope
* [[May 29]] &ndash; Cardinal Vincenzo Orsini, the Archbishop of Benevento, accepts the papacy, two days after being unanimously selected by the cardinals at the [[1724 papal conclave|papal conclave in Rome]]. He becomes the 245th pontiff as [[Pope Benedict XIII]].
* [[June 11]]  &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads his cantata '''{{lang|de|[[O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20|O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort]]}}''' (O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV{{nbsp}}20, on the [[List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion#First Sunday after Trinity (Trinity I)|first Sunday after Trinity]], beginning his second cycle, the [[chorale cantata cycle]]. 
* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1724)|Treaty of Constantinople]] is signed, partitioning [[Iran|Persia]] between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and Russia.
* [[June 24]] &ndash; On the [[Nativity of St John the Baptist|Feast of St. John the Baptist]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his ''{{lang|de|[[Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7|Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam]]}}'', BWV{{nbsp}}7, the third cantata of his [[chorale cantata cycle]].