- 1720 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1720 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George I of Great Britain Events
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17 February - Treaty of Den Haag signed between Britain,France ,Austria , theDutch Republic andSpain ending theWar of the Quadruple Alliance .citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=297–298]
* April–September - "South Sea Bubble",The South Sea Company collapses.
*16 November - PirateCalico Jack is brought to trial at St. Jago de la Vega inJamaica .
*29 December -Haymarket Theatre opens inLondon .Births
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13 January - Richard Hurd, bishop and writer (died 1808)
*27 January -Samuel Foote , dramatist and actor (died 1777)
*9 March -Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke , politician (died 1790)
*18 July -Gilbert White , naturalist and cleric (died 1793)
*18 August -Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers , murderer (died 1760)
*30 August - Samuel Whitbread, brewer and politician (died 1796)
*31 December -Charles Edward Stuart , pretender to the British throne (died 1788)Deaths
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31 January -Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford , privy councillor (born c.1645)
*9 August -Simon Ockley , orientalist (born 1678)
*17 November -Calico Jack , pirate (year of birth unknown)References
ee also
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