Events from the year 1720 in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick IV *

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Events

* 3 July – The Treaty of Frederiksborg is signed at Frederiksborg Castle, ending the Great Northern War.

Births

* 1 August – Hans Diderik Brinck-Seidelin, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died

1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he na ...

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Undated

* Johannes Rach, painter (died 1783 in the

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Deaths

* 5 July – Berte Skeel, noblewoman (born

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King ...

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References

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