1721 35859 225484573 2008-07-13T22:58:07Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1721]] {{year nav|1721}} {{C18YearInTopicX}} <!-- [[Image: |thumb|140px|right| .]] --> Year '''1721''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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]]). <!-- 11-day span=Mon-Fri,Tue-Sat,Wed-Sun,Thu-Mon,Fr-Tu,Sa-We,Sun-Thu --> == Events of 1721 == [[Image:Robertwalpole.jpg|thumb|105px|right| [[April 4]]: [[Robert Walpole|Walpole]].]] ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[September 10]] - [[Treaty of Nystad]] is signed, bringing an end to the [[Great Northern War]]. * [[November 2]] - [[Peter I of Russia|Peter I]] is proclaimed Emperor of [[All the Russias]]. ===Undated=== * [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] composes the [[Brandenburg concertos|Brandenburg Concertos]]. * Regular postal mail between Long and New England is established.<ref name="Clear">{{cite book |author=Clear, Todd R., Cole, George F., Resig, Michael D.|year=2006 |title=American Corrections Seventh Edition |publisher=Thompson}}</ref> ==Ongoing Events== *[[Great Northern War]] ([[1700]]-1721). ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Kyoho|Kyōhō]] 5 &ndash; 6}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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 (bishop)|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 [[:Category: 1721 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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 [[:Category: 1721 deaths]].'' == Notes == {{reflist}} [[Category:1721| ]] [[af:1721]] [[am:1721 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1721]] [[an:1721]] [[ast:1721]] [[az:1721]] [[bn:১৭২১]] [[map-bms:1721]] [[be:1721]] [[be-x-old:1721]] [[bh:१७२१]] [[bs:1721]] [[br:1721]] [[bg:1721]] [[ca:1721]] [[cv:1721]] [[cs:1721]] [[co:1721]] [[cy:1721]] [[da:1721]] [[de:1721]] [[et:1721]] [[el:1721]] [[es:1721]] [[eo:1721]] [[eu:1721]] [[fr:1721]] [[fy:1721]] [[ga:1721]] [[gd:1721]] [[gl:1721]] [[ko:1721년]] [[hy:1721]] [[hi:1721]] [[hr:1721.]] [[io:1721]] [[bpy:মারি ১৭২১]] [[id:1721]] [[ia:1721]] [[os:1721]] [[is:1721]] [[it:1721]] [[he:1721]] [[jv:1721]] [[ka:1721]] [[csb:1721]] [[sw:1721]] [[ht:1721 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[la:1721]] [[lb:1721]] [[lt:1721 m.]] [[hu:1721]] [[mk:1721]] [[mi:1721]] [[mr:इ.स. १७२१]] [[ms:1721]] [[nah:1721]] [[nl:1721]] [[new:१७२१]] [[ja:1721年]] [[nap:1721]] [[no:1721]] [[nn:1721]] [[nrm:1721]] [[nov:1721]] [[oc:1721]] [[uz:1721]] [[pi:१७२१]] [[pl:1721]] [[pt:1721]] [[ksh:Joohr 1721]] [[ro:1721]] [[ru:1721 год]] [[sa:१७२१]] [[sq:1721]] [[scn:1721]] [[simple:1721]] [[sk:1721]] [[sl:1721]] [[sr:1721]] [[su:1721]] [[fi:1721]] [[sv:1721]] [[tl:1721]] [[tt:1721]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2264]] [[tr:1721]] [[uk:1721]] [[vec:1721]] [[vo:1721]] [[wa:1721]] [[zh-yue:1721年]] [[zh:1721年]]