In history, year 1721 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1721 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1721: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 24 march Johann Sebastian Bach presented Margrave Christian Ludwig Brandenburg-Schwedt with six concertos, now commonly called the Brandenburg concertos. 13 June England signed the charter with Madriand. 09 January The committee investigating the South Sea bubble in England published its findings. 24 March Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto was dedicated to Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwright. 04 April Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. 08 May Pope Innocent XIII Pope Clement XI succeeded as the 244th Pope. 26 June Dr. Zabdiel made Boylestone America's first smallpox. 30 August The North Sea War ended with Russian / Swedish peace. 22 October Czar Peter the Great "All-Russian Emperor was made. 02 November The great Peter architect declared the first emperor of Russia, it was replacing 176-year-old Taradam of Russia with the Russian Empire.
Famous birthdays in the year 1721: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 01 April Pieter Hellendaal / Violinist / United Kingdom 03 February Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz / General / Prussia 04 August Granville Leveson-Gower / Politician / United Kingdom 06 December James Elphinston / Philologist / Scotland 06 December Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes / Politician / France 09 July Johann Nikolaus Götz / Poet / Germany 09 September Fredrik Henrik af Chapman / Admiral / Sweden 11 April David Zeisberger / Missionary / United States of America 12 January Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel / Field Marshal / Prussia 13 February John Reid / General / Scotland 14 July John Douglas / Scholar / Scotland 19 April Roger Sherman / Politician / United States of America 19 September William Robertson / Historian / Scotland 19 January Jean-Philippe Baratier / Author / Germany 19 March Tobias Smollett / Author / Italy 19 October Joseph de Guignes / Orientalist / France 21 January James Murray / Politician / Scotland 22 November Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres / Politician / Switzerland 27 December François Hemsterhuis / Author / Netherlands 31 August George Hervey / Politician / United Kingdom
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