Historical Events In 1720
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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 in the year 1720.
Jan 11 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent on this day in history.
Jan 27 Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) in the year 1720.
Jan 31 On this day in history thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654)
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) on this day in history.
Feb 29 Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns in the year 1720.
Mar 06 On this day in history pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63
Mar 08 Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1720.
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 on this day in history.
May 21 Antonio Corbisiero, composer in the year 1720.
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 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1720 louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
Jul 27 On this day in history johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69
Jul 27 In the year 1720 the second important victory of the Russian Navy
Aug 10 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer in the year 1720.
Aug 11 On this day in history martin Gerbert, composer
Aug 12 Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian on this day in history.
Aug 17 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) in the year 1720.
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 In the year 1720 isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor
Sep 22 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer in the year 1720.
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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