Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 - 1724 - 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729
Events
- January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne
- February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London.
- June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. Partitioned Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia
- Blenheim Palace construction is completed. It is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
- Catherine I was named czarina by Peter the Great in Russia.
- The Austrian Netherlands agree to the Pragmatic Sanction.
- Mahmud of Afghanistan goes insane.
- Pierro Orsini become Pope Benedict XIII
- Longman's, oldest publishing house in England, is founded.
- April 22 - Immanuel Kant, philosopher (+ 1804)
- Friedrich Klopstock
- Franz Aepinus
- George Stubbs
Deaths
- Pope Innocent XIII
- Jack Sheppard (executed)