Historical Events In 1720
Saturday, 13 August 2022
Jan 04 On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist
Jan 06 On this day in history the Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
Jan 11 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent in the year 1720.
Jan 27 In the year 1720 samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)
Jan 31 In the year 1720 thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)
Feb 01 In the year 1720 sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
Feb 10 In the year 1720 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 On this day in history pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63
Mar 08 Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
Apr 03 Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi in the year 1720.
May 01 Great Plague of Marseille in France killing 100,000+ people in the year 1720.
May 21 Antonio Corbisiero, composer on this day in history.
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 In the year 1720 sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
Jul 18 In the year 1720 gilbert White, "father of British naturalists",,17660718::"Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
Jul 20 On this day in history ignaz Vitzthumb, composer
Jul 24 In the year 1720 louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
Jul 27 Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Jul 27 The second important victory of the Russian Navy on this day in history.
Aug 10 On this day in history franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
Aug 11 Martin Gerbert, composer on this day in history.
Aug 12 On this day in history martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
Aug 17 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) on this day in history.
Aug 20 In the year 1720 bernard de Bury, composer
Sep 12 Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam) on this day in history.
Sep 12 Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor in the year 1720.
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 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher in the year 1720.
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