February 29 » Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins.
March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
May 27 » Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
October 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
February 29 » Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins.
March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
May 25 » Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
May 27 » Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
July 2 » English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
Day of death May 20, 1720
The temperature on May 20, 1720 was about 12.0 °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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