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 (d. 1799)
 * November 1 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
 * November 16 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer (d. 1788)
 * March 22 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
 * November 1 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
 * November 16 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer (d. 1788)
 * March 22 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
 * November 1 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
 * November 16 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-born composer (d. 1788)

Deaths

 * April 21 – Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
 * June 27 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
 * August 17 – Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
 * September 3 – Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
 * October 10 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)
 * April 21 – Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
 * June 27 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)
 * August 17 – Anne Lefèvre, French scholar (b. 1654)
 * September 3 – Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
 * October 10 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)