What day of the week was March 24, 1720?

The day of the week March 24th, 1720 fell on was a Sunday. There were 7 days until Easter Sunday.

Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates the 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.