Historical Events In 1720

Jan 04   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist in the year 1720.  

Jan 06   The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings in the year 1720.  

Jan 11   On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent  

Jan 27   On this day in history samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)  

Jan 31   Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England  

Feb 11   On this day in history sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)  

Feb 29   On this day in history queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns  

Mar 06   Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 in the year 1720.  

Mar 08   Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi on this day in history.  

May 01   In the year 1720 great Plague of Marseille in France killing 100,000+ people  

May 21   In the year 1720 antonio Corbisiero, composer  

May 25   "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000 in the year 1720.  

Jun 09   Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm in the year 1720.  

Jun 10   On this day in history mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard  

Jun 10   Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard on this day in history.  

Jul 03   Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty in the year 1720.  

Jul 18   In the year 1720 gilbert White, "father of British naturalists",,17660718::"Friedrich Fleischmann, composer  

Jul 20   In the year 1720 ignaz Vitzthumb, composer  

Jul 24   Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik in the year 1720.  

Jul 27   Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jul 27   On this day in history the second important victory of the Russian Navy  

Aug 10   In the year 1720 franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer  

Aug 11   Martin Gerbert, composer in the year 1720.  

Aug 12   Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian on this day in history.  

Aug 17   In the year 1720 charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  

Aug 20   In the year 1720 bernard de Bury, composer  

Sep 12   On this day in history frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam)  

Sep 12   On this day in history isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor  

Sep 22   In the year 1720 adolph Carl Kunzen, composer  

Oct 03   On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)  

Oct 04   On this day in history giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher  

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Jan 04   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist was born in the year 1720.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent  

Jan 13   Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)  

Jan 30   Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)  

Feb 26   Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803) was born in the year 1720.  

Mar 09   Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) was born in the year 1720.  

Jan 31   On this day in history death of thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)  

Feb 27   On this day in history death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)  

Mar 06   Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 died in the year 1720.  

Mar 08   Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647) died in the year 1720.  

Apr 21   In the year 1720 death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)  

Jun 27   Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639) died in the year 1720.  

Jul 27   Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.