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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 - 1720 - 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725
Events
- February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace.
- February 29 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden resigns.
- The 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
Births
- January 4 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer (+ 1774)
- May 11 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von M�nchhausen, officer and adventurer (+ 1797)
- December 31 - Bonnie Prince Charlie of Great Britain, later leader of Jacobitism.
- Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan
Deaths
- (Buried July 7) - Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach\n