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1720 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 ...
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1720s. The 1720s decade ran from January 1, 1720, to...
- 1720 in Great Britain
Events. 10 February – Edmond Halley is appointed Astronomer...
- 1720 in science
The year 1720 in science and technology involved some...
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1720s. The 1720s decade ran from January 1, 1720, to December 31, 1729. In Europe it was a decade of comparative peace following a lengthy period of near continuous warfare with treaties ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the Great Northern War.
Events. 10 February – Edmond Halley is appointed Astronomer Royal by George I. 17 February – Treaty of The Hague signed between Britain, France, Austria, the Dutch Republic and Spain ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance. [1]
The Great Plague of Marseille, also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille, France, in 1720, the disease killed over 100,000 people: 50,000 in the city during the next two years and another 50,000 to the north in surrounding provinces and towns. [1]
The year 1720 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy. February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal of England. Medicine. May – First patient admitted to the Westminster Public Infirmary, predecessor of St George's Hospital, London. Dr Steevens' Hospital is established at Kilmainham, Dublin. [1]
In the eighteenth century as today, disasters served as tools of statecraft, and proved useful to the centralizing state. In 1720, it was the Crown—in Paris, Madrid, London, and beyond—that called for measures to prevent the spread of the Provençal plague into their own regions.
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1720 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 ...