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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...

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:...

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...

as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price....

George Croghan (c. 1718 – August 31, 1782) was an Irish-born fur trader in the Ohio Country of North America (current United States) who became a key early...

the houses. An Act of Parliament (7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 13) was passed in 1720 that enabled any corporations within the university to sell ground for building...

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...

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...

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...

Anne Bonny (disappeared after 28 November 1720), sometimes Ann Fulford, was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates...

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...

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...

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...

River Kennet, Berkshire Navigation Act 1720 Act of Parliament Parliament of Great Britain Long title An Act for enlarging the Time for making the River...

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...

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...

The River Dane is a tributary of the River Weaver that originates in the Peak District area of England. The name of the river (earlier Daven) is probably...

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...

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...

The year 1720 in science and technology involved some significant events. February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal of England. May...

1720 Niels, provisional designation 1935 CQ, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.4 kilometers in diameter...

Events from the year 1720 in Ireland. Monarch: George I March 26 – the Parliament of Great Britain passes the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act...