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 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1720.   

Feb 10   Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1720 sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)   

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

Mar 06   In the year 1720 pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63   

Mar 08   On this day in history georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53   

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

May 01   Great Plague of Marseille in France killing 100,000+ people on this day in history.   

May 21   On this day in history antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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

Jun 09   In the year 1720 sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm   

Jun 10   In the year 1720 mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard   

Jun 10   Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard in the year 1720.   

Jul 03   Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

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

Jul 20   Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer in the year 1720.   

Jul 24   Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69   

Jul 27   The second important victory of the Russian Navy in the year 1720.   

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Bernard de Bury, composer in the year 1720.   

Sep 12   In the year 1720 frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam)   

Sep 12   In the year 1720 isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor   

Sep 22   Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist   

Jan 11   In the year 1720 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   In the year 1720 birth of samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)   

Jan 30   In the year 1720 birth of charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)   

Feb 08   Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750) was born in the year 1720.   

Feb 26   In the year 1720 birth of gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)   

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   In the year 1720 death of pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63   

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

Apr 02   On this day in history death of joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)   

Apr 21   Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646) died in the year 1720.   

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 in the year 1720.