What Happened in 1722

Benjamin Franklin Writes under Pseudonym Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood was a false persona used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work published. As a teenager, Franklin worked as an apprentice in his... Read more

Easter Island Discovered by European Explorers

The first recorded European contact with the island was on 5 April (Easter Sunday) 1722 when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen visited for a week and... Read more