Famous Deaths In 1721
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jan 07 Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739] in the year 1721.
Feb 05 James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 in the year 1721.
Feb 16 On this day in history death of james Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
Feb 24 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648) died on this day in history.
Mar 16 In the year 1721 death of james Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
Mar 19 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 in the year 1721.
Apr 14 In the year 1721 death of michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
Jul 08 On this day in history death of elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
Jul 18 Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies in the year 1721.
Jul 25 On this day in history geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66
Aug 03 Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648) died on this day in history.
Aug 13 In the year 1721 death of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
Sep 07 On this day in history bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies
Sep 08 Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686) died in the year 1721.
Sep 11 On this day in history rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies
Sep 18 Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies on this day in history.
Sep 20 On this day in history death of thomas Doggett, Irish actor
Oct 02 Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies in the year 1721.
Oct 04 In the year 1721 abraham Alewijn, poet/playwright (Beslikte Swaantje), dies at 36
Oct 11 Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636) died in the year 1721.
Dec 13 On this day in history death of alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)
Dec 17 Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640) died in the year 1721.
Dec 22 In the year 1721 death of nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery