Explore 148 historical events from 1720–1729.
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, PC of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1690 until 1710.…
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1661)
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie was a French Royal Army officer.
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (born 1647)
William Croft was an English composer and organist.
William Croft, English organist and composer (born 1678)
Francis Cotes was an English painter who was one of the pioneers of English pastel painting and co-founded the Royal Academy in 1768.
Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (died 1770)
James Hutton was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology," he played a key role …
James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (died 1797)
Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Dauphine of France, was the daughter of King Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese and the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, son of King Louis XV a…
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (died 1746)
Thomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wal…
Thomas Pennant, Welsh ornithologist and historian (died 1798)
Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 20 February 1773 to his death in 1796. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numero…
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (died 1796)
Margaret Clap, better known as Mother Clap, ran a coffee house from 1724 to 1726 in Field Lane, Holborn, Middlesex, a short distance from the City of London. As well as running a m…
Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn
Acharya Bhikshu was the founder and first spiritual head of the Śvetāmbara Terapanth sect of Jainism.
Acharya Bhikshu, Jain saint (died 1803)
James Bowdoin II was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts who was active during the American Revolution and the following decade. He initially gained fame and influenc…
James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1790)
Francesco Cetti was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician.
Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (died 1778)
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwyn.
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (born 1670)
Francesco Antonio Mamiliano Pistocchi, nicknamed Pistocchino, was an Italian singer, composer and librettist.
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (born 1659)
Michel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grands mote…
Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (born 1657)
Colonel Hugh Drysdale was a governor of colonial Virginia. He was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College Dublin. More officially, his title was Lieutenant Governor and C…
Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia
Thomas Pitt was a British merchant, colonial administrator and politician who served as the president of Fort St. George from 1698 to 1709. Born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, he even…
Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (born 1653)
Nicolaus II Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician as were his father Johann Bernoulli and one of his brothers, Daniel Bernoulli. He was one of the many prominent mathematicians in th…
Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (born 1695)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
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Throughout his life as a musician, Johann Sebastian Bach composed cantatas for both secular and sacred use. He composed his church cantatas for use in the Lutheran church, mainly i…
On the First Sunday after Trinity, J. S. Bach led the first performance of Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 (page…
The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on 1 June [O.S. 21 May] 1725 by Empress Catherine I of Russia.
The Order of St
Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ship…
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, known as le Gros, was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior …
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (died 1785)