1720

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

Years: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 - 1720 - 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725

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Events

• 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

Births

• May 11 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, officer and adventurer (+ 1797)
• December 31 - Bonnie Prince Charlie of Great Britain, later leader of Jacobitism.
• Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan

Deaths

• (Buried July 7) - Maria Barbara Bach[?], first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach