PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1720 – 1729

The world in the 1720s

From 1720 to 1729 the atlas holds 542 states standing at some time. 86 things began - Russian Empire, Gulliver's Travels and Hyderabad State among them - and 15 ended; 129 people were born and 83 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1720: 13 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17201721: 12 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17211722: 9 began — 8 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other17221723: 8 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17231724: 9 began — 6 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17241725: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17251726: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17261727: 8 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17271728: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17281729: 12 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1729

What began in the 1720s

By kind, the best known first.

States 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 50

and 42 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 5

Famine and plague 2

Treaties 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 1

Trade and piracy 3

What ended in the 1720s

States 4

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 129

and 113 more in the atlas.

Died 83

and 67 more in the atlas.

States of the 1720s

The states that stood at some time in the 1720s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1720.

Europe: 217 statesEurope217Middle East and North Africa: 58 statesMiddle East and North Africa58Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 124 statesSouth Asia124East and Southeast Asia: 65 statesEast and Southeast Asia65Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe217 states

and 209 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa58 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia124 states

and 116 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia65 states

and 57 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown26 states

and 18 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1700 – 1749: every state, war and life of the 1720s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1725: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.