Historical Events In 1721

Jan 07   Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739] in the year 1721.  

Jan 25   In the year 1721 czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy  

Feb 05   James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1721 john Reid, composer  

Mar 09   English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower in the year 1721.  

Mar 19   Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   On this day in history tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized  

Mar 24   On this day in history johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts  

Mar 27   In the year 1721 france & Spain sign Treaty of Madrid  

Apr 01   On this day in history pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)  

Apr 03   Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1721 robert Walpole elected as Britains first Prime Minister  

Apr 04   Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I on this day in history.  

Apr 13   John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation on this day in history.  

Apr 14   In the year 1721 william August duke of Cumberland, English army leader  

Apr 19   In the year 1721 roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution)  

Apr 24   On this day in history johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised  

Apr 26   On this day in history smallpox vaccination 1st administrated  

May 01   Boston smallpox outbreak in Massachusetts Bay Colony killing 844 people in the year 1721.  

May 08   Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII on this day in history.  

May 25   John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent on this day in history.  

May 25   In the year 1721 john Copson becomes America's first insurance agent  

May 29   On this day in history south Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony  

Jun 13   In the year 1721 england signs Treaty of Madrid  

Jun 26   In the year 1721 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America  

Jun 28   The birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer in the year 1721.  

Jul 18   Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies in the year 1721.  

Jul 22   On this day in history francois-Joseph Krafft, composer  

Jul 25   In the year 1721 geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66  

Aug 13   Francis Ireland, composer in the year 1721.  

Aug 21   Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1721 russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War  

Sep 07   Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies in the year 1721.  

Sep 11   In the year 1721 rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies  

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Jan 12   In the year 1721 birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)  

Jan 21   James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born in the year 1721.  

Feb 13   John Reid, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 21   In the year 1721 birth of john McKinly, American physician (d. 1796)  

Mar 19   On this day in history birth of tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized  

Apr 01   In the year 1721 birth of pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)  

Apr 11   David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]  

Feb 05   On this day in history james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47  

Feb 16   James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) died on this day in history.  

Feb 24   On this day in history death of john Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)  

Mar 16   In the year 1721 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)  

Mar 19   In the year 1721 clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71  

Apr 14   Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652) died in the year 1721.  

Jul 08   Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649) died in the year 1721.