21st January » Sweden and Kingdom of Prussia named Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War) e.g Treaty of Stockholm.
29th February » Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I of Sweden e.g Frederick I on 24 March.
24th March » Count Frederick I of Sweden known as Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden called Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February. She had been wanting to
27th July » The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
14th August » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee people called Pawnee and Otoe tribe called Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
20th October » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is Capture of the William or captured by the Royal Navy.
9th November » The synagogue of Judah he-Hasid (Jerusalem) called Yehudah he-Hasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazi Jews or Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
Famous Birthdays in 1720
4th January » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774)
13th January » Richard Hurd (bishop) called Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)
27th January » Samuel Foote, English playwright (d. 1777)
30th January » Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist (d. 1778)
8th February » Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
26th February » Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 1803)
9th March » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
13th March » Charles Bonnet, Swiss historian and author (d. 1793)
22nd March » Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace, Copenhagen e.g Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)
23rd April » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)
8th May » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
11th May » Baron Münchhausen, German captain (d. 1797)
15th May » Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
18th July » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (d. 1793)
8th August » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (d. 1796)
12th August » Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
18th August » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (d. 1760)
20th August » Bernard de Bury, French composer (d. 1785)