PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1720

In 1720 the atlas holds 528 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - Great Plague of Marseille, Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) and Treaty of Frederiksborg among them - and 2 ended; 10 people were born and 11 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1720s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1720

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 1

Wars and battles 7

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 2

Trade and piracy 2

What ended in 1720

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1720 10

Died in 1720 11

Standing in 1720

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 216 statesEurope216Middle East and North Africa: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 117 statesSouth Asia117East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe216 states

and 206 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa57 states

and 47 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

and 28 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia117 states

and 107 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown24 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1695 – 1745: every state, war and life of 1720 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1720: 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.