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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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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South Sea Company (redirect from South Sea Company Act 1720)
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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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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Radcliffe Camera (redirect from Radcliffe Camera Act 1720)
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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Treaties of Stockholm (Great Northern War) (redirect from Treaty of Stockholm (1720))
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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Declaratory Act 1719 (redirect from Declaratory Act 1720)
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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Kingdom of Sicily under Savoy (redirect from Kingdom of Sicily (1713-1720))
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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Calico Jack (category 1720 deaths)
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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River Weaver (redirect from River Weaver: Navigation Act 1720)
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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Oxford Street (redirect from Marylebone Road Act 1720)
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 (daughter of Ahmed III) (redirect from Hatice Sultan (1720–1730))
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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Antoine Hamilton (redirect from Anthony Hamilton (1646–1720))
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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