What Happened Today In History

What Happened In Year 1720?

• January 21, 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
• February 29, 1720 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I.
• July 27, 1720 – The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
• October 20, 1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
• November 9, 1720 – The synagogue of Yehudah he-Hasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

Who Were Born In The Year 1720?

• January 4, 1720 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774)
• January 27, 1720 – Samuel Foote, English dramatist (d. 1777)
• January 30, 1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)
• February 8, 1720 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
• February 26, 1720 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
• March 9, 1720 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
• March 13, 1720 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
• March 22, 1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
• July 18, 1720 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist (d. 1793)
• August 8, 1720 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
• August 12, 1720 – Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
• August 18, 1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (d. 1760)
• October 3, 1720 – Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
• October 4, 1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
• October 8, 1720 – Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
• October 19, 1720 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772)
• November 1, 1720 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
• November 16, 1720 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
• December 14, 1720 – Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794)
• December 31, 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1788)

Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: April 5, 1720
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)

Share or Link to This Page: