Explore 148 historical events from 1720–1729.
Anthonie Heinsius was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720. Heinsius was an able negotiator and one of the greatest and most o…
Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (born 1641)
Simon Ockley was a British Orientalist.
Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (born 1678)
Anne Le Fèvre Dacier, better known during her lifetime as Madame Dacier, was a French scholar, translator, commentator and editor of the classics, including the Iliad and the Odyss…
Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (born 1654)
The Villasur expedition of 1720 was a Spanish military expedition intended to check New France's growing influence on the North American Great Plains, led by Lieutenant-General Ped…
The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North…