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    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...
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  • 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:...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Still Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550–1720, (Dutch:Het Nederlandse Stilleven 1550–1720) is a 1999 art exhibition catalog published for a jointly...
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  • 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...
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    as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price....
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  • 1720s (redirect from 1720-1729)
    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...
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  • 1720 Niels, provisional designation 1935 CQ, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.4 kilometers in diameter...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • The year 1720 in science and technology involved some significant events. February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal of England. May...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Robert Bruce (Russian: Роман Вилимович Брюс, Roman Vilimovich Bruce; 1668–1720) was the first chief commander of Saint Petersburg. Of Scottish descent,...
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  • William Jameson (fl. 1689–1720) was a blind Scottish university teacher and religious controversialist. Jameson was born blind, but, being educated at...
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    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...
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    The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in 'Change Alley in 1720 is an 1847 history painting by the British artist Edward Matthew Ward. It depicts a scene in Exchange...
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    The London Underground: An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4. Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, John; Keay, Julia (2008). The...
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  • Fatma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فاطمہ سلطان; "One who abstains"; 22 September 1704 – May 1733), was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Ahmed III and...
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  • Dienst von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920, Vienna, Böhlau, 1986. —, Geschichte des Auswärtigen Dienstes von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920, Vienna, Böhlau, 1980...
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    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...
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    Charles Edward Stuart (category 1720 births)
    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...
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