Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1720. 1720 (MDCCXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday...

The IBM 1720 was a pilot project to create a real-time process control computer based on the IBM 1620 Model I. Only three 1720 systems were ever built:...

The Kingdom of Sardinia denotes the Savoyard state from 1720 until 1861, which united the island of Sardinia with the mainland possessions of the House...

1729 BC to December 31, 1720 BC. c. 1720 BC–The Hyksos invade and conquer Egypt, establishing their capital at Avaris. c. 1720 BC–Adasi, a native king...

1720 Niels, provisional designation 1935 CQ, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.4 kilometers in diameter...

as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price....

Still Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550–1720, (Dutch:Het Nederlandse Stilleven 1550–1720) is a 1999 art exhibition catalog published for a jointly...

This article lists the most significant events and works of the year 1720 in music. April – The Royal Academy of Music, a company formed for Handel in...

Satisfaction 1720 (Danish: Tordenskjold & Kold) is a Danish feature film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz. The drama takes place in 1720 and follows the acclaimed...

This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1720. September–October – The "South Sea Bubble", i.e. the collapse of the South...

Events from the year 1720 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George I Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil...

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...

the tenants of the houses. An act of Parliament, the Radcliffe Camera Act 1720 (7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 13), was passed that enabled any corporations within...

The Treaties of Stockholm were two treaties signed in 1719 and 1720 that ended the war between Sweden and an alliance of Hanover and Prussia. Aspects of...

of the Habsburgs until 1717, and then of the Spanish Empire again until 1720. The kingdom was a part of the Crown of Aragon and initially consisted of...

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, le 21 Avril 1720, agé d'environ 74 ans." Auger 1805, p. 7, line 12. "Hamilton mourut a St.-Germain-en-Laye, le 6 août 1720, âgé d'environ soixante-quatorze...

The year 1720 in science and technology involved some significant events. February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal of England. May...

The London Underground: An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4. Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, John; Keay, Julia (2008). The...

River Kennet Navigation Act 1720 Act of Parliament Parliament of Great Britain Long title An Act for enlarging the Time for making the River Kennet navigable...

Crown of Great Britain. Citation 6 Geo. 1. c. 5 Dates Royal assent 7 April 1720 Other legislation Repealed by Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland...

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...

Jonathan Mayhew (October 8, 1720 – July 9, 1766) was a noted American Congregational minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts. Mayhew was born...

From 1700 to 1720, the Kingdom of Sardinia, as a part of the Spanish empire, was disputed between two dynasties, the Habsburgs and the Bourbons. With the...

Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart making him...

John Rackham (hanged 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early...

England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included eleven locks, was completed in 1732. An unusual...

Anne Bonny (disappeared after 28 November 1720) was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history...

The Kingdom of Sicily was ruled by the House of Savoy from 1713 until 1720, although they lost control of it in 1718 and did not relinquish their title...

SRT-1720 is an experimental drug that was studied by Sirtris Pharmaceuticals intended as a small-molecule activator of the sirtuin subtype SIRT1. The compound...

The River Dane is a tributary of the River Weaver that originates in the Peak District area of England. The name of the river (earlier Daven) is probably...