Historical Events In 1721

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

Jan 25   On this day in history czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy  

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

Feb 13   John Reid, composer in the year 1721.  

Mar 09   English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower on this day in history.  

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

Mar 19   In the year 1721 tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized  

Mar 24   Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts in the year 1721.  

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   In the year 1721 robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury  

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 in the year 1721.  

Apr 13   On this day in history john Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation  

Apr 14   On this day in history william August duke of Cumberland, English army leader  

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

Apr 24   Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated in the year 1721.  

May 01   Boston smallpox outbreak in Massachusetts Bay Colony killing 844 people on this day in history.  

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   John Copson becomes America's first insurance agent on this day in history.  

May 29   South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony in the year 1721.  

Jun 13   On this day in history england signs Treaty of Madrid  

Jun 26   Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America in the year 1721.  

Jun 28   In the year 1721 the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer  

Jul 18   Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer in the year 1721.  

Jul 25   On this day in history geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66  

Aug 13   Francis Ireland, composer in the year 1721.  

Aug 21   On this day in history lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1721 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)  

Feb 03   Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 13   John Reid, composer was born in the year 1721.  

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   Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees) was born in the year 1721.  

Apr 11   David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808) was born in the year 1721.  

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

Feb 05   In the year 1721 james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47  

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 in the year 1721.  

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 on this day in history.  

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.