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1720 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Years: 1717 1718 1719 - 1720 - 1721 1722 1723
Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1720 in literature 1720 in music 1720 in science List of state leaders in 1720 List of religious leaders in 1720

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings
February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace.
February 29 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden resigns.
The Tuscarora fled North Carolina as a result of European colonisation
Edmond Halley appointed Astronomer Royal
The Academia Real da Historia is founded in Lisbon, Portugal

Ongoing events

Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Births

January 4 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer (died 1774)
May 11 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, officer and adventurer (died 1797)
July 18 - Gilbert White, English naturalist and cleric (died 1793)
October 4 - Giambattista Piranesi, Italian architect
December 31 - Bonnie Prince Charlie of Great Britain, later leader of Jacobitism (died 1788)
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan

Deaths

(Buried July 7) - Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach

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