1721 in History – What happened in year 1721

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