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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1720 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1720 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="1720 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="1720 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B2%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۷۲۰ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۷۲۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6" title="১৭২০ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৭২০" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_n%C3%AE" title="1720 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1720 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1720 йыл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="1720 йыл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A7%E0%BC%A2%E0%BC%A0%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="༡༧༢༠ལོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="༡༧༢༠ལོ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720." title="1720. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1720." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="1720 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1720 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B2%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۷۲۰ (میلادی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۷۲۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720%E5%B9%B4" title="1720年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1720年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720%EB%85%84" title="1720년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1720년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6" title="१७२० – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१७२०" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720." title="1720. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1720." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6" title="মারি ১৭২০ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৭২০" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1720-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1720-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AD%E0%B3%A8%E0%B3%A6" title="೧೭೨೦ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೧೭೨೦" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1720 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1720 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1720 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1720 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="1720 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1720 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B8" title="1720 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1720 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720._gads" title="1720. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1720. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="1720 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="1720 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_m." title="1720 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1720 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6" title="१७२० – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१७२०" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6" title="इ.स. १७२० – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १७२०" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B2%DB%B0" title="۱۷۲۰ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۷۲۰" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1720 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1720 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%87%E1%81%82%E1%81%80" title="၁၇၂၀ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၇၂၀" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6" title="सन् १७२० – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सन् १७२०" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720%E5%B9%B4" title="1720年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1720年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AD%E0%AD%A8%E0%AD%A6" title="୧୭୨୦ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୭୨୦" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6" title="१७२० – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१७२०" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720%D8%B9" title="1720ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1720ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A7%D9%A2%D9%A0" title="١٧٢٠ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٧٢٠" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720." title="1720. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="1720." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1720 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1720 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="1720" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2263" title="พ.ศ. 2263 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2263" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_1720" title="Соли 1720 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 1720" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Assyrian_calendar" title="Assyrian calendar">Assyrian calendar</a></td><td>6470</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1641–1642</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>1126–1127</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2670</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">British Regnal year</a></td><td>6 <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">Geo. 1</a> – 7 <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">Geo. 1</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a></td><td>2264</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a></td><td>1082</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a></td><td>7228–7229</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">己亥</a>年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Pig_(zodiac)" title="Pig (zodiac)">Pig</a>)<br />4417 or 4210<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />庚子年 (Metal <a href="/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)" title="Rat (zodiac)">Rat</a>)<br />4418 or 4211</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic calendar</a></td><td>1436–1437</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Discordian_calendar" title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>2886</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1712–1713</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5480–5481</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>1776–1777</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1641–1642</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>4820–4821</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>11720</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Igbo calendar</a></td><td>720–721</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Iranian calendar</a></td><td>1098–1099</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a></td><td>1132–1133</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_calendar" title="Japanese calendar">Japanese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Kyōhō">Kyōhō</a> 5<br />(享保５年)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Javanese_calendar" title="Javanese calendar">Javanese calendar</a></td><td>1644–1645</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a></td><td>Gregorian minus 11 days</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean calendar</a></td><td>4053</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Minguo_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Minguo calendar">Minguo calendar</a></td><td>192 before <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">ROC</a><br />民前192年</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nanakshahi_calendar" title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></td><td>252</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Thai solar calendar</a></td><td>2262–2263</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a></td><td>阴土猪年<br />(female Earth-<a href="/wiki/Pig_(zodiac)" title="Pig (zodiac)">Pig</a>)<br />1846 or 1465 or 693<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />阳金鼠年<br />(male Iron-<a href="/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)" title="Rat (zodiac)">Rat</a>)<br />1847 or 1466 or 694</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Leap_year_starting_on_Friday" title="Leap year starting on Friday">leap year starting on Friday</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>, the 1720th year of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> (CE) and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a></i></span> (AD) designations, the 720th year of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a>, the 20th year of the <a href="/wiki/18th_century" title="18th century">18th century</a>, and the 1st year of the <a href="/wiki/1720s" title="1720s">1720s</a> 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. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March"><span id="January.E2.80.93March"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a> sign the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Stockholm_(Great_Northern_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War)">Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War)</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Halley" title="Edmond Halley">Edmond Halley</a> is appointed as <a href="/wiki/Astronomer_Royal" title="Astronomer Royal">Astronomer Royal</a> for England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_The_Hague_(1720)" title="Treaty of The Hague (1720)">Treaty of The Hague</a> is signed between <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Britain</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>, ending the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance" title="War of the Quadruple Alliance">War of the Quadruple Alliance</a> with effect from May 20.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology297298_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology297298-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nassau_(1720)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Nassau (1720)">Battle of Nassau</a>: Spanish forces assault the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> settlement of <a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau, Bahamas</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance" title="War of the Quadruple Alliance">War of the Quadruple Alliance</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a> (February 29 <a href="/wiki/Old_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Style">Old Style</a>) – Queen <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Eleonora_of_Sweden" title="Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden">Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden</a> resigns, to let her husband <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden" title="Frederick I of Sweden">Frederick I</a> take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary II of England">Mary II</a> in Britain, but as the Swedish <a href="/wiki/Riksdag_of_the_Estates" title="Riksdag of the Estates">Riksdag of the Estates</a> refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April–June"><span id="April.E2.80.93June"></span>April–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: April–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – The Riksdag of the Estates elects Frederick I new King of Sweden.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_17" title="April 17">April 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Bajirao I</a> appointed as the <a href="/wiki/Peshwa" title="Peshwa">Peshwa</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Empire</a> by <a href="/wiki/Shahu_I" title="Shahu I">Chhatrapati Shahu</a> succeeding his father Peshwa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – The coronation of King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden" title="Frederick I of Sweden">Frederick I of Sweden</a> takes place in Stockholm, six weeks after his rule began.</li> <li>May – <a href="/wiki/Great_Plague_of_Marseille" title="Great Plague of Marseille">Great Plague of Marseille</a> begins. The last major outbreak of <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">bubonic plague</a> in western Europe, the disease kill over 100,000 people in the city and surrounding area of France.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_The_Hague_(1720)" title="Treaty of The Hague (1720)">Treaty of The Hague</a>, signed between Spain and the Quadruple Alliance (Britain, France, the Netherlands and Austria) on February 17, goes into effect. Spain renounces its claims to the Italian possessions of the French throne, and Austria and the Duchy of Savoy trade <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> for <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_25" title="May 25">May 25</a> – The British privateer <i>Speedwell</i>, captained by <a href="/wiki/George_Shelvocke" title="George Shelvocke">George Shelvocke</a>, is wrecked on the uninhabited island of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1s_a_Tierra" class="mw-redirect" title="Más a Tierra">Más a Tierra</a>, the same island where Alexander Selkirk was marooned for five years; the island off of the coast of <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> is later called <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Island" title="Robinson Crusoe Island">Robinson Crusoe Island</a>. The crew is marooned for five months but is able to build a boat from timbers salvaged from the wreck, and is able to escape the island on October 6.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">June 1</a> – British silversmiths are once again allowed to use <a href="/wiki/Sterling_silver" title="Sterling silver">sterling silver</a> after 24 years of being limited to a higher quality (but softer) <a href="/wiki/Britannia_silver" title="Britannia silver">Britannia silver</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a> – The British Parliament approves the <a href="/wiki/Bubble_Act" title="Bubble Act">Bubble Act</a> (officially the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719), prohibiting the formation of joint-stock companies without prior approval by royal charter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – At <a href="/wiki/Burhanpur" title="Burhanpur">Burhanpur</a> (in the modern-day Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>), the Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad survives an attempted ambush by <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a> forces dispatched by the Sayyid brothers (Syed Abdullah Khan and Syed Husain Ali Khan Barha) and goes on to establish a rival state in southern India.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> – The "<a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Bubble" class="mw-redirect" title="South Sea Bubble">South Sea Bubble</a>", the phenomenal growth of the <a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Company" title="South Sea Company">South Sea Company</a>, reaches its peak as South Sea stock is priced at £1,060 a share. By the end of September, as panic sales are made, the price falls to £150.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September"><span id="July.E2.80.93September"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_12" title="July 12">July 12</a> – Under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Bubble_Act" title="Bubble Act">Bubble Act</a>, the Lords Justices in Great Britain attempt to curb some of the excesses of the stock markets during the "<a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Bubble" class="mw-redirect" title="South Sea Bubble">South Sea Bubble</a>". They dissolve a number of petitions for patents and charters, and abolish more than 80 joint-stock companies of dubious merit, but this has little effect on the creation of "Bubbles", ephemeral joint-stock companies created during the hysteria of the times.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – (July 3 O.S.) The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Frederiksborg" title="Treaty of Frederiksborg">Treaty of Frederiksborg</a> is signed between Denmark-Norway and Sweden, ending the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_War" title="Great Northern War">Great Northern War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">July 27</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grengam" title="Battle of Grengam">Battle of Grengam</a> takes place in the Ledsund strait between the island communities of Föglö and Lemland. It is the last major naval battle in the Great Northern War taking place in the Åland Islands, marking the end of Russian and Swedish offensive naval operations in Baltic waters.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a> – The Spanish <a href="/wiki/Villasur_expedition" title="Villasur expedition">Villasur expedition</a>, which set out on <a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, with the intention of checking French influence on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a> of North America, ends in failure, as it is ambushed by a <a href="/wiki/Pawnee_people" title="Pawnee people">Pawnee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otoe" title="Otoe">Otoe</a> force.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_30" title="September 30">September 30</a> – "South Sea Bubble": The English stock market crashes, with dropping prices for stock in the <a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Company" title="South Sea Company">South Sea Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December"><span id="October.E2.80.93December"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_8" title="October 8">October 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sayyid_Hussain_Ali_Khan_Barha" class="mw-redirect" title="Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha">Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha</a>, one of the powerful <a href="/wiki/Sayyid_brothers" title="Sayyid brothers">Sayyid brothers</a> of the Mughal Empire in India, is stabbed to death by Turkish nobleman Haider Beg Dughlat after Dughlat distracts him by giving him a petition to read. The assassination is ordered by Nizam ul-Mulk in retaliation for Sayyid Hussain's attempted ambush on June 19.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ibrahim_(Mughal_emperor)" title="Muhammad Ibrahim (Mughal emperor)">Muhammad Ibrahim</a>, a grandson of the late Emperor <a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_I" title="Bahadur Shah I">Bahadur Shah I</a>, is freed from prison by conspirators and declared the Mughal Emperor as a rival of his brother <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shah" title="Muhammad Shah">Muhammad Shah</a>, beginning a 32-day reign that is described as being "like a drop of dew upon a blade of grass".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_13" title="November 13">November 13</a> – India's Mughal Emperor <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shah" title="Muhammad Shah">Muhammad Shah</a> defeats his brother, pretender <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ibrahim_(Mughal_emperor)" title="Muhammad Ibrahim (Mughal emperor)">Muhammad Ibrahim</a> in a battle at <a href="/wiki/Hasanpur" title="Hasanpur">Hasanpur</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>). Ibrahim is returned to incarceration at the citadel of <a href="/wiki/Shahjahanabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Shahjahanabad">Shahjahanabad</a>, part of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> – English-born pirate "<a href="/wiki/Calico_Jack" title="Calico Jack">Calico Jack</a>" Rackham (captured around October 31) is brought to trial at <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Town" title="Spanish Town">Spanish Town</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>; he is <a href="/wiki/Hanged" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanged">hanged</a> at <a href="/wiki/Port_Royal" title="Port Royal">Port Royal</a> two days later. Most of his crew is also hanged but female pirates <a href="/wiki/Mary_Read" title="Mary Read">Mary Read</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anne_Bonny" title="Anne Bonny">Anne Bonny</a> are spared.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fath-Ali_Khan_Daghestani" title="Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani">Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani</a> is deposed from his position as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Safavid_Grand_Viziers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Safavid Grand Viziers">Grand Vizier of Iran</a> (at this time, part of the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid Empire">Safavid Empire</a>) and tortured by Mohammadqoli Khan, the bodyguard of the Safavid Shah, <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Husayn" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultan Husayn">Sultan Husayn</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Tuscarora_people" title="Tuscarora people">Tuscarora people</a> leave <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> as a result of European colonization.</li> <li>The Town on Queen Anne's Creek, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> is renamed <a href="/wiki/Edenton,_North_Carolina" title="Edenton, North Carolina">Edenton</a>, in honor of North Carolina Governor <a href="/wiki/Charles_Eden_(politician)" title="Charles Eden (politician)">Charles Eden</a>; it is incorporated in <a href="/wiki/1722" title="1722">1722</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Guild_Regulation_of_1720" title="Guild Regulation of 1720">Guild Regulation of 1720</a> is introduced in Sweden.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Kangxi_Emperor" title="Kangxi Emperor">Kangxi Emperor</a> announces that all western businessmen in China can trade only in <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a>.</li> <li>The <i>Academia Real da Historia</i> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, Portugal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Swift" title="Jonathan Swift">Jonathan Swift</a> begins major composition work on <i><a href="/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels" title="Gulliver's Travels">Gulliver's Travels</a></i> in Ireland.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Il_teatro_alla_moda" title="Il teatro alla moda">Il teatro alla moda</a></i>, a satirical pamphlet by <a href="/wiki/Benedetto_Marcello" title="Benedetto Marcello">Benedetto Marcello</a>, is published anonymously in <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>.</li> <li>The first yacht club in the world, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Cork_Yacht_Club" title="Royal Cork Yacht Club">Royal Cork Yacht Club</a>, is founded in Ireland.</li> <li>Parallel to the English South Sea Bubble France experiences the Mississippi Bubble. Market shares of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi Company">Mississippi Company</a> had reached a peak price of over 10,000 livres in spring just to plummet to 1,000 by the end of the year. Monthly inflation in France reaches 23 percent and a bank rush ensues when investors try in vain to convert paper notes issued by the Banque Royale into gold and siilver. <a href="/wiki/John_Law_(economist)" title="John Law (economist)">John Law</a>, the Scottish architect of the Bubble, is forced to flee the country.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2" title="January 2">January 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_G%C3%A1lvez" class="mw-redirect" title="José de Gálvez">José de Gálvez</a>, Spanish politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Agricola" title="Johann Friedrich Agricola">Johann Friedrich Agricola</a>, German composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1774" title="1774">1774</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_13" title="January 13">January 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hurd_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Hurd (clergyman)">Richard Hurd</a>, English bishop and writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Foote" title="Samuel Foote">Samuel Foote</a>, English dramatist and actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1777" title="1777">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_30" title="January 30">January 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_De_Geer" title="Charles De Geer">Charles De Geer</a>, Swedish industrialist, entomologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_8" title="February 8">February 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sakuramachi" title="Emperor Sakuramachi">Emperor Sakuramachi</a> of Japan (d. <a href="/wiki/1750" title="1750">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Macquer" title="Philippe Macquer">Philippe Macquer</a>, French historian (d. <a href="/wiki/1770" title="1770">1770</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Yorke,_2nd_Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke">Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke</a>, English politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1790" title="1790">1790</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bonnet" title="Charles Bonnet">Charles Bonnet</a>, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_15" title="March 15">March 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philip,_Duke_of_Parma" title="Philip, Duke of Parma">Philip, Duke of Parma</a>, Spanish prince (d. <a href="/wiki/1765" title="1765">1765</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_22" title="March 22">March 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolas-Henri_Jardin" title="Nicolas-Henri Jardin">Nicolas-Henri Jardin</a>, French architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vilna_Gaon" title="Vilna Gaon">Vilna Gaon</a>, Lithuanian rabbi (d. <a href="/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_8" title="May 8">May 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire</a>, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. <a href="/wiki/1764" title="1764">1764</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Hell" title="Maximilian Hell">Maximilian Hell</a>, Slovakian astronomer (d. <a href="/wiki/1792" title="1792">1792</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_18" title="July 18">July 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_White" title="Gilbert White">Gilbert White</a>, English naturalist and cleric (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Fredrik_Pechlin" title="Carl Fredrik Pechlin">Carl Fredrik Pechlin</a>, Swedish politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Konrad_Ekhof" title="Konrad Ekhof">Konrad Ekhof</a>, German actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Shirley,_4th_Earl_Ferrers" title="Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers">Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers</a>, English murderer (d. <a href="/wiki/1760" title="1760">1760</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Whitbread_(1720%E2%80%931796)" title="Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796)">Samuel Whitbread</a>, English brewer, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_3" title="October 3">October 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Peter_Uz" class="mw-redirect" title="Johann Peter Uz">Johann Peter Uz</a>, German poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_4" title="October 4">October 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi" title="Giovanni Battista Piranesi">Giovanni Battista Piranesi</a>, Italian artist (d. <a href="/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_8" title="October 8">October 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Mayhew" title="Jonathan Mayhew">Jonathan Mayhew</a>, American minister, patriot (d. <a href="/wiki/1766" title="1766">1766</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_8" title="October 8">October 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Thiroux_d%27Arconville" title="Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville">Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville</a>, French novelist, translator and chemist (d. <a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">October 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Woolman" title="John Woolman">John Woolman</a>, American Quaker preacher, abolitionist (d. <a href="/wiki/1772" title="1772">1772</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Toussaint-Guillaume_Picquet_de_la_Motte" title="Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte">Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte</a>, French admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1791" title="1791">1791</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">November 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_de_Puisieux" title="Madeleine de Puisieux">Madeleine de Puisieux</a>, French writer and active feminist (d. <a href="/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Antonio_Campioni" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlo Antonio Campioni">Carlo Antonio Campioni</a>, French-born composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1788" title="1788">1788</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Justus_M%C3%B6ser" title="Justus Möser">Justus Möser</a>, German statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anna_Maria_Mozart" title="Anna Maria Mozart">Anna Maria Mozart</a> (née Pertl; d. <a href="/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a>), wife of <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Mozart" title="Leopold Mozart">Leopold Mozart</a> and mother of <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Anna_Mozart" title="Maria Anna Mozart">Maria Anna Mozart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_26" title="December 26">December 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gian_Francesco_Albani" title="Gian Francesco Albani">Gian Francesco Albani</a>, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart" title="Charles Edward Stuart">Charles Edward Stuart</a>, pretender to the British throne (d. <a href="/wiki/1788" title="1788">1788</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lost_Portrait_of_Charles_Edward_Stuart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Lost_Portrait_of_Charles_Edward_Stuart.jpg/120px-Lost_Portrait_of_Charles_Edward_Stuart.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Lost_Portrait_of_Charles_Edward_Stuart.jpg/250px-Lost_Portrait_of_Charles_Edward_Stuart.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4421" data-file-height="5412" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart" title="Charles Edward Stuart">Charles Edward Stuart</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>"date unknown" – <a href="/wiki/Jane_Gomeldon" title="Jane Gomeldon">Jane Gomeldon</a>, English writer, poet and adventurer (d. <a href="/wiki/1779" title="1779">1779</a>)</li> <li>"date unknown" – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Lamech&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheikh Lamech (page does not exist)">Sheikh Lamech</a>, Persian banker and accountant (d. 1813)</li> <li>"date unknown" – <a href="/wiki/Madame_de_Beaumer" title="Madame de Beaumer">Madame de Beaumer</a>, French editor and writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1766" title="1766">1766</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1720&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January" title="January">January</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Daniel_Pastorius" title="Francis Daniel Pastorius">Francis Daniel Pastorius</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Germantown, Pennsylvania</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1651" title="1651">1651</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Mordaunt" title="Harry Mordaunt">Harry Mordaunt</a>, British politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1663" title="1663">1663</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Perellos_y_Roccaful" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramon Perellos y Roccaful">Ramon Perellos</a>, Spanish 64th Grandmaster of the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1637" title="1637">1637</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_12" title="January 12">January 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Ashhurst" title="William Ashhurst">William Ashhurst</a>, Lord Mayor of London (1693–1694) (b. <a href="/wiki/1647" title="1647">1647</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eleonor_Magdalene_of_Neuburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg">Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg</a>, Holy Roman Empress (b. <a href="/wiki/1655" title="1655">1655</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Maria_Lancisi" title="Giovanni Maria Lancisi">Giovanni Maria Lancisi</a>, Italian physician (b. <a href="/wiki/1654" title="1654">1654</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Paoli" title="Angelo Paoli">Angelo Paoli</a>, Italian beatified (b. <a href="/wiki/1642" title="1642">1642</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31" title="January 31">January 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Grey,_2nd_Earl_of_Stamford" title="Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford">Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> privy councilor (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1645" title="1645">1645</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wroth_(Guildford_MP)" title="Robert Wroth (Guildford MP)">Robert Wroth</a>, British politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1660" title="1660">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Parris" title="Samuel Parris">Samuel Parris</a>, English-born Puritan minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1653" title="1653">1653</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_6" title="March 6">March 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pieter_van_Bloemen" title="Pieter van Bloemen">Pieter van Bloemen</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1657" title="1657">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Sewel" class="mw-redirect" title="William Sewel">William Sewel</a>, Dutch historian (b. <a href="/wiki/1653" title="1653">1653</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg/110px-Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg/165px-Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg/220px-Joseph_Dudley_attributed_to_Peter_Lely.jpg 2x" data-file-width="522" data-file-height="626" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dudley" title="Joseph Dudley">Joseph Dudley</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_2" title="April 2">April 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dudley" title="Joseph Dudley">Joseph Dudley</a>, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. <a href="/wiki/1647" title="1647">1647</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Balaji_Vishwanath" title="Balaji Vishwanath">Balaji Vishwanath</a>, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (b. <a href="/wiki/1662" title="1662">1662</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Gordon,_1st_Earl_of_Aberdeen" title="George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen">George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen</a>, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. <a href="/wiki/1637" title="1637">1637</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Hamilton" title="Antoine Hamilton">Antoine Hamilton</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1646" title="1646">1646</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Knox_(sailor)" title="Robert Knox (sailor)">Robert Knox</a>, English sea captain (b. <a href="/wiki/1641" title="1641">1641</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Amfrye_de_Chaulieu" title="Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu">Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu</a>, French poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1639" title="1639">1639</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_6" title="July 6">July 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Milles" title="Isaac Milles">Isaac Milles</a>, English minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1638" title="1638">1638</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Romero_de_Figueroa" title="Juan Romero de Figueroa">Juan Romero de Figueroa</a>, Spanish priest (b. <a href="/wiki/1646" title="1646">1646</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_12" title="July 12">July 12</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Sukjong_of_Joseon" title="Sukjong of Joseon">Sukjong of Joseon</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthonie_Heinsius" title="Anthonie Heinsius">Anthonie Heinsius</a>, Dutch politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1641" title="1641">1641</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Finch,_Countess_of_Winchilsea" title="Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea">Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea</a>, English poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">August 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Simon_Ockley" title="Simon Ockley">Simon Ockley</a>, English orientalist (b. <a href="/wiki/1678" title="1678">1678</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anne_Lef%C3%A8vre" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne Lefèvre">Anne Lefèvre</a>, French scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1654" title="1654">1654</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Leake" title="John Leake">John Leake</a>, English Royal Navy admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1656" title="1656">1656</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – <a 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