Editing 1724 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Muhammad bin Nasir]] is elected as the new [[List of rulers of Oman|Imam of Oman]] after the overthrow of his brother, [[Saif bin Sultan II]]
* [[October 15]] &ndash; The historic [[Teatro Nuovo (Naples)|Teatro Nuovo]] opera house is inaugurated in [[Naples]] with the premiere of [[Antonio Orefice]]'s comic opera ''Lo Simmele''. 
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Yeongjo of Joseon|Yeongjo]] becomes the new [[List of monarchs of Korea|Emperor of Korea]] after the death of his older brother, [[Gyeongjong of Joseon|Gyeongjong]].  He reigns for almost 52 years until his death on April 22, 1776.
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of ''[[Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180|Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele]]'' (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in [[Leipzig]] on the 20th Sunday after [[Trinity Sunday|Trinity]], based on [[Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele|the communion hymn of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000218?lang=en
  | title = Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 180; BC A 149
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2024
  | access-date = 10 October 2024
  }}</ref>
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[George Frideric Handel]]'s opera ''[[Tamerlano]]'' is performed for the first time, premiering in London. The opera will be revived as late as 2009.
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Joseph Blake (criminal)|Joseph Blake]] (alias "Blueskin"), English highwayman, is [[hanged]] in London.
* [[November 16]]
** Highwayman [[Jack Sheppard]] is hanged in London.<ref name=Sheppard>{{cite web |title=Jack Sheppard {{!}} English criminal |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Sheppard-English-criminal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=31 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Willem Mons]], lover of [[Catherine I of Russia]], is executed, and his head preserved in alcohol.
* [[November 19]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] frigate ''Slot ter Hooge'' strikes rocks and sinks off [[Porto Santo Island]], [[Madeira]], with the loss of 221 of the 254 people on board.<ref>[https://maritiem-erfgoed.nl/artikelen/het-schip-slot-ter-hoge "Het schip Slot Ter Hoge"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107152820/https://maritiem-erfgoed.nl/artikelen/het-schip-slot-ter-hoge |date=November 7, 2020 }}, ''Maritiem Erfgoed''] (Dutch)</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; The Metropolitan [[Mojsije Petrović]], leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church within the Habsburg monarchy, issues a 57-point decree to purge the church of the Turkish influence. 
* [[December 7]]
**In the aftermath of an attack against Jesuit Catholics led by the Lutheran Mayor of the Prussian City of [[Toruń|Thorn]] (modern-day [[Toruń]] in [[Poland]]), [[Tumult of Thorn (Toruń)|the execution of the 10 Lutheran officials]] (including Mayor [[Johann Gottfried Rösner]]) is carried out publicly in the town square.  Rösner and seven others are decapitated by an axe, while two others are [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] for blasphemy.
**By order of the Nizam, [[Hyderabad]] is made the permanent capital of the Indian princely state of the same name. It becomes capital of the Indian states of [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[December 14]] &ndash; The [[Viceroy of Zhili|Viceroyalty of Zhili]] (modern-day [[Hebei]] province) is recreated in the Chinese Empire by the [[Yongzheng Emperor|Emperor Yongzheng]] for the first time in 55 years, with Li Weijun as the first Viceory. Zhili exists as a viceroyalty until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Francesco Valesio]] resumes writing his ''Diario di Roma'', 13 years after he ceased his recording of daily life in Rome.
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of [[Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91|''Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ'', BWV 91]], in [[Leipzig]], based on Luther's 1524 [[Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ|Christmas hymn]].<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000115?lang=en
  | title = Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ [later version] BWV 91.2; BWV 91; BC A 9b
  | website = [[Bach Digital]]
  | date = 2024
  | access-date = 13 December 2024
  }}</ref>