1723

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1690s  1700s  1710s  – 1720s –  1730s  1740s  1750s
Years:	1720 1721 1722 – 1723 – 1724 1725 1726

Births

• June 5 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist (baptized that day, exact date of birth unknown) (died 1790)
• July 16 – Sir Joshua Reynolds, English painter (died 1792)