WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JULY 1720
Find out what all happened March to July 1720

The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy. (27. July 1720)

Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February. She had been wanting to rule jointly with her husband in the same manner as William and Mary in the British Isles, but after the Riksdag of the Estates said no to this, she chose to abdicate the throne in his favour instead. (24. March 1720)

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