1720s
Sign in to saveThe 1720s decade ran from January 1, 1720, to December 31, 1729. In Europe it was a decade of comparative peace following a lengthy period of near continuous warfare with treaties ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the Great Northern War. Both Britain and France saw major financial crashes at the beginning of the decade with the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Company respectively. Nonetheless it was a decade of stability in both countries under the leadership of Robert Walpole and Cardinal Fleury and the two nations, recently enemies, formed the Anglo-French Alliance.
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The 1720s was the decade from 1720 to 1729, a period of relative peace in Europe after years of continuous warfare, marked by treaties that ended major conflicts like the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the Great Northern War. It matters because despite devastating financial crashes in Britain and France at the start of the decade, both countries achieved political stability under leaders like Robert Walpole and Cardinal Fleury, and former enemies Britain and France formed an alliance that reshaped European politics.
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The 1720s decade ran from January 1, 1720, to December 31, 1729. In Europe it was a decade of comparative peace following a lengthy period of near continuous warfare with treaties ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the Great Northern War. Both Britain and France saw major financial crashes at the beginning of the decade with the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Company respectively. Nonetheless it was a decade of stability in both countries under the leadership of Robert Walpole and Cardinal Fleury and the two nations, recently enemies, formed the Anglo-French Alliance.
Stylistically the decade was part of the Baroque era.