April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
November 22 » Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
Day of death November 8, 1720
The temperature on November 8, 1720 was about 5.0 °C. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
February 29 » Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
March 24 » Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
August 14 » The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
October 20 » Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
November 9 » The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
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