Editing 1723 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
*[[July 2]] &ndash; Bach's [[Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a|Magnificat]] is first performed.<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Magnificat in E flat major [first version] BWV 243.1; BWV 243a; BC E 13 / Magnificat (The Visitation of Mary [2 July])
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| 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.