| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1718 1719 1720 - 1721 - 1722 1723 1724 |
| 1721 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1721 (MDCCXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
Contents |
Events of 1721
January - June
- May 8 - Pope Innocent XIII succeeds Pope Clement XI as the 244th pope.
- April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain.
July - December
- September 10 - The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War.
- November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias.
Undated
- Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos.
- Regular postal mail between Long Island and New England is established.1
Ongoing Events
- Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1721 MDCCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2474 |
| Armenian calendar | 1170 ԹՎ ՌՃՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -123 – -122 |
| Berber calendar | 2671 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2265 |
| Burmese calendar | 1083 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7229 – 7230 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十二月初四日 (4357/4417-12-4) — to —
辛丑年十一月十三日(4358/4418-11-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 1437 – 1438 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1713 – 1714 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5481 – 5482 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1776 – 1777 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1643 – 1644 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4822 – 4823 |
| Holocene calendar | 11721 |
| Iranian calendar | 1099 – 1100 |
| Islamic calendar | 1133 – 1134 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 6 (享保6年) |
| Korean calendar | 4054 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2264 |
- January 10 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (d. 1740)
- February 3 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
- February 21 - John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (d. 1796)
- March 19 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish physician and author (d. 1771)
- April 3 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
- April 11 - David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
- April 15 - Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (d. 1765)
- April 19 - Roger Sherman, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
- July 9 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781)
- July 14 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
- August 4 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
- August 31 - George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
- September 14 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)
- October 19 - Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
- November 9 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
- November 22 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
- December 6 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (d. 1809)
- December 6 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
- December 27 - François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
- December 29 - Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
- See also Category: 1721 births.
Deaths
- February 16 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
- February 24 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
- March 16 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
- March 19 - Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
- April 14 - Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
- July 8 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
- July 18 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
- August 3 - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
- August 13 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
- September 8
- Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
- Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641)
- September 11 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
- September 18 - Matthew Prior, British poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- September 20 - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor (b. c. 1670)
- October 11 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636)
- December 13 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)
- December 17 - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1650)
- Sultan Abdullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat, Shah of Herat (b. 1670)
- See also Category: 1721 deaths.
Notes
- ^ Clear, Todd R., Cole, George F., Resig, Michael D. (2006). American Corrections Seventh Edition. Thompson.
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