1720 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1720 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George I of Great Britain

Events

* 17 February - Treaty of Den Haag signed between Britain, France, Austria, the Dutch Republic and Spain ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance.citebook|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=297–298]
* April–September - "South Sea Bubble", The South Sea Company collapses.
* 16 November - Pirate Calico Jack is brought to trial at St. Jago de la Vega in Jamaica.
* 29 December - Haymarket Theatre opens in London.

Births

* 13 January - Richard Hurd, bishop and writer (died 1808)
* 27 January - Samuel Foote, dramatist and actor (died 1777)
* 9 March - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, politician (died 1790)
* 18 July - Gilbert White, naturalist and cleric (died 1793)
* 18 August - Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, murderer (died 1760)
* 30 August - Samuel Whitbread, brewer and politician (died 1796)
* 31 December - Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (died 1788)

Deaths

* 31 January - Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, privy councillor (born c.1645)
* 9 August - Simon Ockley, orientalist (born 1678)
* 17 November - Calico Jack, pirate (year of birth unknown)

References

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