Historical Events In 1720

Jan 04   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist on this day in history.  

Jan 06   The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings on this day in history.  

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   Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) in the year 1720.  

Feb 01   Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty in the year 1720.  

Feb 10   Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England in the year 1720.  

Feb 11   Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) in the year 1720.  

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   On this day in history georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 03   On this day in history elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi  

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   In the year 1720 sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm  

Jun 10   Mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard on this day in history.  

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   Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists",,17660718::"Friedrich Fleischmann, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer in the year 1720.  

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   In the year 1720 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   On this day in history martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian  

Aug 17   On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)  

Aug 20   In the year 1720 bernard de Bury, composer  

Sep 12   Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam) in the year 1720.  

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

Sep 22   On this day in history adolph Carl Kunzen, composer  

Oct 03   In the year 1720 johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem)  

Oct 04   Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher in the year 1720.  

Oct 10   In the year 1720 french govt proclaims strike on banknotes  

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Jan 04   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1720 birth of gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent  

Jan 13   In the year 1720 birth of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)  

Jan 27   In the year 1720 birth of samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)  

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)  

Feb 08   Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 09   On this day in history birth of philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)  

Jan 31   In the year 1720 death of thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)  

Feb 27   Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653) died on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 died on this day in history.  

Mar 08   Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1720.  

Apr 02   In the year 1720 death of joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)  

Apr 21   On this day in history death of antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)  

Jun 27   In the year 1720 death of guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)  

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