Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 - 1721 - 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726
Events
- Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope
- Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos
- Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War
- February 3 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, general (+ 1773)
- April 19 - Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- April 19 - Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- March - Pope Clement XI
- July 18 - Antoine Watteau, French painter\n