Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years: 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 - 1723 - 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728
Events Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general. March 31 - King Frederick V of Denmark June 5 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist (baptized this day, exact date of birth unknown). July 16 - Sir Joshua Reynolds, English painter December 22 - Karl Friedrich Abel, German baroque composer Deaths February 25 - Sir Christopher Wren, architect, astronomer, mathematician December 7 - Johann Santin Aichel, architect\n