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| 1708 |
| | | The secret of true porcelain is at last discovered in the west, at Dresden, by Johann Friedrich Böttger | |
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| 1711 |
| | | Handel's success in London with his opera Rinaldo prompts him to settle in Britain | |
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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 |
| | | 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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| c. 1720 |
| | | Canaletto begins to specialize in views of the Venetian canals, finding his main customers among the British | |
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| 1721 |
| | | Jean-Antoine Watteau paints the most splendid shop sign in history, for his friend Gersaint | |
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| 1721 |
| | | Johann Sebastian Bach writes the six Brandenburg Concertos for his employer at the court of Köthen | |
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| 1722 |
| | | J.S. Bach publishes The Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues | |
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