Original July 20, 1724 Antique French HANDWRITTEN VELLUM - Rouen -Succession **** What happened this year when the French document was written February 8 - Catherine I of Russia is officially named tsaritsa by her husband, Peter the Great. August 31 - Louis I of Spain dies of smallpox, aged 17, after a reign of seven months, and his father Philip V resumes the throne. March 7 - Pope Innocent XIII dies at the age of 68 after less than three years as the Roman Catholic pontiff Track Page Views With Auctiva's Counter