1721
Information about 1721
| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1718 1719 1720 - 1721 - 1722 1723 1724 |
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| Countries: Canada |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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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 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to 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 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 |
| Bah' calendar | -123 – -122 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2265 |
| Chinese calendar | 4357/4417-8-1 (庚子年八月初一日) — to — 4358/4418-intercalary 6-10(辛丑年閏六月初十日) |
| 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 0 (享保0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2381 (皇紀2381年) |
| Julian calendar | 1766 |
| Korean calendar | 4054 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2264 |
- 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)
- See also .
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)
- Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (born 1641)
- 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)
- Sultan Abdullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor of Herat, Shah of Herat (born 1670)
- See also .
Notes
1. ^ Clear, Todd R., Cole, George F., Resig, Michael D. (2006). American Corrections Seventh Edition. Thompson.
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See also: 1720 in Canada, other events of 1721, 1722 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Events
- 800 Acadians take oath of allegiance to the French.
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1721 in Great Britain:
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1719 | 1720 | 1721 | 1722 | 1723 Events from the year 1721 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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- Angola - Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor of Angola (1717-1722)
- Macau - Antonio da Silva Telo e Meneses, Governor of Macau (1719-1722)
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Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.
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