1720

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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September 30: The British stock market crashes with the collapse of the South Sea Company.
1720 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1720
MDCCXX
Ab urbe condita2473
Armenian calendar1169
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Assyrian calendar6470
Balinese saka calendar1641–1642
Bengali calendar1127
Berber calendar2670
British Regnal yearGeo. 1 – 7 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar2264
Burmese calendar1082
Byzantine calendar7228–7229
Chinese calendar己亥年 (Earth Pig)
4417 or 4210
    — to —
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4418 or 4211
Coptic calendar1436–1437
Discordian calendar2886
Ethiopian calendar1712–1713
Hebrew calendar5480–5481
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1776–1777
 - Shaka Samvat1641–1642
 - Kali Yuga4820–4821
Holocene calendar11720
Igbo calendar720–721
Iranian calendar1098–1099
Islamic calendar1132–1133
Japanese calendarKyōhō 5
(享保5年)
Javanese calendar1644–1645
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4053
Minguo calendar192 before ROC
民前192年
Nanakshahi calendar252
Thai solar calendar2262–2263
Tibetan calendar阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
1846 or 1465 or 693
    — to —
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
1847 or 1466 or 694
February 24: Battle of Nassau

1720 (MDCCXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1720th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 720th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1720, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.