1720

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1690s  1700s  1710s  – 1720s –  1730s  1740s  1750s
Years:	1717 1718 1719 – 1720 – 1721 1722 1723

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1720 Media

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  September 30: The British stock market crashes with the collapse of the South Sea Company.

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  February 24: Battle of Nassau

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  • Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest Son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
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  Portrait of a Man*label QS:Lit,"Ritratto di un uomo"*label QS:Lhu,"Férfi portré"*label QS:Let,"Mehe portree"*label QS:Lca,"Retrat d'un home"*label QS:Lcy,"Portread o Ddyn"*label QS:Lpt,"Retrato de um homem"*label QS:Lfa,"چهرهٔ یک مرد"*label QS:Lda,"Portræt af en mand"*label QS:Lro,"Port

1720 (MDCCXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1720th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 720th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1720, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• The Town on Queen Anne's Creek, North Carolina is renamed Edenton in honor of North Carolina Governor Charles Eden. It is later incorporated in 1722.
• The Tuscarora fled North Carolina as a result of European colonisation
• Edmond Halley appointed Astronomer Royal
• The Academia Real da Historia is founded in Lisbon, Portugal
• Jonathan Swift begins Gulliver's Travels
• Emperor Kangxi announced that all western businessmen could only trade in Guangzhou.