1721
| 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: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1721 MDCCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2474 |
| Armenian calendar | 1170 ԹՎ ՌՃՀ |
| Chinese calendar | 4357/4417-12-4 (庚子年十二月初四日) — to — 4358/4418-11-13(辛丑年十一月十三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1713 – 1714 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5481 – 5482 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1776 – 1777 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1643 – 1644 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4822 – 4823 |
| Iranian calendar | 1099 – 1100 |
| Islamic calendar | 1133 – 1134 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2264 |
Contents |
Events
- Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos
- May 8 - Pope Innocent XIII succeeds Pope Clement XI as the 242nd pope.
- April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain
- September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War
- November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias
Ongoing Events
- Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Births
- January 10 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (died 1740)
- February 3 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (died 1773)
- February 21 - John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware (died 1796)
- March 19 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish physician and author (died 1771)
- April 3 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (died 1793)
- April 11 - David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (died 1808)
- April 15 - Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (died 1765)
- April 19 - Roger Sherman, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (died 1803)
- July 9 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (died 1781)
- July 14 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (died 1807)
- August 4 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (died 1803)
- August 31 - George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (died 1775)
- September 14 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (died 1807)
- October 19 - Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (died 1800)
- November 9 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (died 1770)
- November 22 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman (died 1824)
- December 6 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (died 1809)
- December 6 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (died 1794)
- December 27 - François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (died 1790)
- December 29 - Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (died 1764)
Deaths
- February 16 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (born 1686)
- February 24 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (born 1648)
- March 16 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (born 1657)
- March 19 - Pope Clement XI (born 1649)
- April 14 - Michel Chamillart, French statesman (born 1652)
- July 8 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (born 1649)
- July 18 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (born 1684)
- August 3 - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (born 1648)
- August 13 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (born 1665)
- September 8 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (born 1686)
- September 11 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)
- September 18 - Matthew Prior, British poet and diplomat (born 1664)
- September 20 - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor (born c.1670)
- October 11 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (born 1636)
- December 13 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (born 1676)
- December 17 - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (born 1650)
- Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (born 1641)
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