What is 1720?
{{Year nav|1720}} {{Year in various calendars|1720}} {{Year article header|1720}} == Events == * The Town on Queen Anne's Creek, [[North Carolina]] is renamed [[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]] in honor of North Carolina Governor [[Charles Eden]]. It is later incorporated in [[1722]]. * The [[Tuscarora (tribe)|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]] * [[Jonathan Swift]] begins [[Gulliver's Travels]] * [[Emperor Kangxi]] announced that all western businessmen could only trade in [[Guangzhou]]. [[Category:1720| ]]