1720 in France
Events from the year 1720 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
- Regent: Philip II of Orleans
Events
- February 17 - Treaty of The Hague signed between Spain, Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic, ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
- Outbreak of plague in Marseille; the bishop, Henri François Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron, wins approbation by remaining in his diocese.
- John Law abandons all his accumulated wealth and flees to Brussels amidst the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble.
Births
- March 22 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect
- November 1 - Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral
- November 16 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer