In the year 1722, Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen lands on Easter Sunday on what is now Easter Island (Apr 5), The “Brown Bess” musket becomes the British Army’s standard infantry firearm for more than a century - and all these fine people were born: 1722-0103 Fredrik Hasselqvist* traveller/ naturalist - Törnevalla, Östergötland, Kingdom of Sweden (1752/30) 1722-0126 Alexander Carlyle* church leader/autobiographer - Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (1805/83) 1722-0207 Azar Bigdeli* Persian anthologist/poet - Isfahan, Safavid Empire (1781/59) Continue reading