Controller General
Appointed Controller General of Finance
Historical events in 1720
34 historical records
January 17201 historical events
March 17201 historical events
Reform of Interest Rates
Interest rates are reduced from 4% to 2%
May 17203 historical events
Reform of Currency
Bank-notes & company shares are devalued
Dismissal
Dismissed as the Controller General of Finance
Reform of Government
The edict of 21st May is repealed
June 17201 historical events
Archbishop
Appointed Archbishop of Cambrai
December 17201 historical events
Birth of the Young Pretender
Birth of the "Young Pretender", son of James Edward "the Old Pretender", son of the exiled Stuart King James VII and II, and Maria Clementina Sobieska, the granddaughter of John III Sobieski
Pragmatic Sanction, The
The Pragmatic Sanction is made public for the 1st time. The Pragmatic Sanction is acepted by all of Charles VIs lands. Proclaims Maria Teresa as sole inheritor. Asserts the indivisibilty of Charles VIs dominions
Sanction-Pragmatic
The Pragmatic Sanction is made public for the 1st time. The Pragmatic Sanction is acepted by all of Charles VIs lands. Proclaims Maria Teresa as sole inheritor. Asserts the indivisibilty of Charles VIs dominions
Pragmatic Sanction, The
Proclaims Maria Teresa as sole inheritor. Asserts the indivisibilty of Charles VIs dominions
Sanction-Pragmatic
Proclaims Maria Teresa as sole inheritor. Asserts the indivisibilty of Charles VIs dominions
Treaty of Stockholm
Receives the greater part of Pomerania under the Treaty of Stockholm
RAM
George Is interest in music leads to the foundation of the Royal Academy of Music
Iliad Translation Completed
Pope completed publication of his six volume translation of Homer's Iliad, a major achievement of Augustan literature.
Captain Singleton Published
Defoe published Captain Singleton, an adventure narrative exploring piracy, travel and personal transformation.
Memoirs of a Cavalier Published
Defoe published Memoirs of a Cavalier, a historical fiction framed as a participant's account of seventeenth century warfare.
Serious Reflections of Crusoe Published
Defoe published Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, extending the Crusoe narrative into moral essays.
Engravers Shop Card Issued
Hogarth produced an engraved trade card advertising his work, an early surviving example of his printmaking.
South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis
John Hanger serves as Governor as the Bank of England confronts the financial disruption caused by the collapse of South Sea Company shares.
South Sea Bubble
Walpole helps design measures to restore confidence after the South Sea Bubble collapses.
Governor
Appointed Governor of Nova Scotia
Birth of William Cavendish
Birth of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
South Sea Bubble
The Bubble bursts & Walpole protects his own investments & those of the Royal Familly
Paymaster of the Forces
Appointed Paymaster of the Forces
Scandal
Restores public confidence after collapse of the South Sea Company
Astronomer Royal Appointed
Succeeds Flamsteed as Astronomer Royal at Greenwich.
Halley Becomes Astronomer Royal
Edmond Halley succeeded Flamsteed and continued the work of improving astronomical predictions. The change strengthened the relationship between astronomy and accurate clocks.
Appointment as Peshwa
Shahu appoints the young Baji Rao I as Peshwa after the death of Balaji Vishwanath.
Berkeley Prepares Treatise On Motion
During his continental travels Berkeley developed arguments later published as De Motu. The project examined the conceptual status of force and motion in mathematical physics.
Constitution of Russia
Writes the new Church Constitution replacing the patriarchate with the Holy Synod
Reform of Constitution
Writes the new Church Constitution replacing the patriarchate with the Holy Synod. Formulates a conservative theology with a Lutheran orientation
Treaty of Spain
Emperor Charles agrees to renounce his claim to the Spanish throne
Succession
Succeeds as King of Sweden
Enthronement of Seventh Dalai Lama
Kelzang Gyatso is installed in Lhasa after Qing forces expel the Dzungars.