1720s Flashcards
Great tsar of Russia who died in 1725
Peter the Great
Novel written by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels
Mountainous region conquered by China in 1720
Tibet
The first de-facto Prime Minister of Great Britain, he took office in 1721
Sir Robert Walpole
German composer who introduced the ‘Brandenburg Concertos’
J. S. Bach
Italian composer who introduced ‘The Four Seasons’
Antonio Vivaldi
War between Sweden and Russia which came to an end after 21 years
Great Northern War
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
Disease which killed more than half of the population of Marseille – marking its final major outbreak on the European continent
Bubonic plague
Pacific island discovered by Europeans in 1722 and named for the day of its discovery
Easter Island
City in Greenland founded by a Danish missionary
Nuuk
Swiss mathematician who moved to St. Petersburg where he would author many of his 800 publications?
Leonhard Euler
With a population of roughly 1.3 million, this city (then known as Edo) was the largest in the world
Tokyo
Cognac company established in 1724
Rémy Martin
Sagitarius sign as it was founder Remy Martin’s star sign!
Speculative bubble which collapsed in 1720, costing Isaac Newton most of his fortune
South Sea Bubble.
Established in 1711, the South Sea Company was granted a monopoly on British trade with South America, which was a major factor in the bubble.
The company also took over the British national debt in 1720, promising to keep interest rates low.
The company’s shares became highly sought after, and their price rose rapidly.
The bubble burst when the company’s promises proved unrealistic, and investors began to sell their shares.
Royal dynasty founded in central Arabia in 1720
House of Saud
Physical constant that English astronomer James Bradley calculated to within 1% of its true value
Speed of light
