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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

Years: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 - 1720 - 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings
February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace.
February 29 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden resigns.
The Tuscarora fled North Carolina as a result of European colonisation
Edmond Halley appointed Astronomer Royal
The Academia Real da Historia is founded in Lisbon, Portugal

Year in topic

Births

January 4 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer (died 1774)
May 11 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von MÃÂÃÂ¼nchhausen, officer and adventurer (died 1797)
July 18 - Gilbert White, English naturalist and cleric (died 1793)
October 4 - Giambattista Piranesi, Italian architect
December 31 - Bonnie Prince Charlie of Great Britain, later leader of Jacobitism (died 1788)
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan

Deaths

(Buried July 7) - Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach