1721
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1721 (MDCCXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1721st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 721st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1721, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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Events
- 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
- April 19 - Roger Sherman, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
Deaths
- 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)
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