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| c. 1720 |
| | | The lighter rococo style, beginning in France, becomes an extension of the baroque | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | The symphony begins to develop as a musical form, deriving from the overtures of operas | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | The postchaise, introduced in France, provides the first chance of reasonably comfortable travel by land | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | Like the symphony, the string quartet develops during the eighteenth century, moving from simple beginnings to great complexity | |
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| 1720 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach compiles the Little Keyboard Book a set of pieces to teach his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | |
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| 1720 |
| | | Shares in the South Sea Company rise rapidly and collapse within the year, in the so-called South Sea Bubble | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | Two political parties emerge in Sweden's parliament and become known as the Hats and the Caps | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | The Limes is built, at 123 Mortlake High Street | |
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| 1720 |
| | | Shares in John Law's Louisiana Company rise spectacularly and then collapse, in what becomes known as the Mississippi Bubble | |
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| 1720s |
| | | In the Duke of Argyll's Petersham estate James Gibbs builds the Palladian villa of Sudbrook Park, with a famous cube room | |
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