1720
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1720 (MDCCXX) was the 20th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1720s decade.
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Art and culture
- Caffè Florian is established in Venice
- South Sea Bubble – a speculative bubble that peaked in 1720 before collapsing
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Literature
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Fiction
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Non-fiction
- Il teatro alla moda, a satirical pamphlet by Benedetto Marcello, is published anonymously in Venice.
- Spermatologia Historico-Medica by Martin Schurig.
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Visual art
- Judgement of Paris (Watteau) (ca. 1720) by Jean-Antoine Watteau, Louvre, Parijs, Frankrijk.
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Music
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Architecture
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Births
- Unknown date – Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (1720–1772), French architect and ornemaniste
- January 17 – Jean-Joseph Vadé, French chansonnier and playwright (d. 1757)
- January 19 – John Boydell, British publisher (d. 1804)
- January 27 – Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (d. 1777)
- March 13 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
- May 5 – Marc-Michel Rey, publisher in the United Provinces (d. 1780)
- May 11 – Hieronymus Carl Friedrich von Münchhausen, the original Baron Munchausen (d. 1797)
- August 17 – Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720–1778), French painter and engraver. (d. 1778)
- October 4 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
- November 8 – Madeleine de Puisieux, French writer and active feminist (d. 1798)
- December 13 – Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1806)
- December 14 – Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794)
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Deaths
- April 21 – Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
- June 27 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
- July 21 – Cristoforo Munari (July 21, 1667 – June 3, 1720) was an Italian painter (b. 1667)
- November 18 – John Rackham, English pirate, also known as Calico Jack
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