1721
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s – 1720s – 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1718 1719 1720 – 1721 – 1722 1723 1724 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1721 MDCCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2474 |
| Armenian calendar | 1170 ԹՎ ՌՃՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6471 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1642–1643 |
| Bengali calendar | 1128 |
| Berber calendar | 2671 |
| British Regnal year | 7 Geo. 1 – 8 Geo. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2265 |
| Burmese calendar | 1083 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7229–7230 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4417 or 4357 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4418 or 4358 |
| Coptic calendar | 1437–1438 |
| Discordian calendar | 2887 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1713–1714 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5481–5482 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1777–1778 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1642–1643 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4821–4822 |
| Holocene calendar | 11721 |
| Igbo calendar | 721–722 |
| Iranian calendar | 1099–1100 |
| Islamic calendar | 1133–1134 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 6 (享保６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1645–1646 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4054 |
| Minguo calendar | 191 before ROC 民前191年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 253 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2263–2264 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1847 or 1466 or 694 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1848 or 1467 or 695 |
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1721 (MDCCXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]- Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope
- Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos
- April 4 – Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- September 10 – Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War
- November 2 – Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias
Births
[change | change source]- April 19 - Roger Sherman, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
Deaths
[change | change source]- July 18 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
- September 2 - Kwon Sang-ha, Korean writer
- September 17 - Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- December 13 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (original "Robinson Crusoe") (b. 1676)