1720 deaths

English pirate (1682-1720)

German astronomer (1670-1720)

19th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the third and last wife of Leopold

Indo-Persian sufi, writer and poet (1642–1720)

First wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach

French scholar and translator

sculptor from France (1640–1720)

Peshwa of the Maratha Empire

Norwegian sea officer (1690–1720)

Italian physician

British Army general

French cartographer and geographer (1646–1720)

French noble

Grand Hetman of Lithuanian (1642–1720)

French officer and author (1638-1720)

Flemish painter and engraver (1657-1720)

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1641-1720)

English sea captain for the British East India Company

German-born American educator, lawyer, poet, and public official

Yemeni rabbi

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

Consort of Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg

American inventor

French theologian and Orientalist (1646–1720)

Countess (1675-1720)

French writer

British countess and poet (1661-1720)

king of Imereti (western Georgia)

empress consort of Japanese emperor Higashiyama

Italian Roman Catholic religious and blessed

Sufi Muslim

French diplomat and priest

Italian luthier

English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

Belgian composer

politician

Royal governor of Massachusetts (1647-1720)

Colonial merchant and clergyman

Italian painter (1667-1720)

French diplomat (1641-1720)

Italian cardinal

Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Mehmed IV and

British peer and politician

Russian general of German origin (1667–1720)

Governor of Gibraltar

Dutch colonial governor

17th-century Kashmiri writer

British translator

Spanish colonial official

Spanish writer

Polish noble

French military engineer

French historian (1644-1720)

Italian painter (1658-1720)

British peer and politician

nawab of Aurangabad

Swedish field marshal, royal chancellor and county governor

Swedish antiquarian (1654–1720)