Important Events
- Feb 10 Edmond Halley appointed as the second Astronomer Royal at the Greenwich Observatory
- May 25 The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000
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Famous People Born in 1720
- Jan 4 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist
- Jan 11 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent
- Jan 13 Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
- Jan 27 Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1777)
- Jan 30 Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist, born in Finspång, Sweden (d. 1778)
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World Leaders in 1720
George I
King- Peter the Great
Russian Tsar
George I
Peter the GreatFamous People in 1720
- Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Virtuoso & Composer - Daniel Defoe
Novelist - Johann Sebastian Bach
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Antonio Vivaldi
Daniel Defoe
Johann Sebastian Bach
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