1721
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1721 (MDCCXXI) was the 2nd year of the 1720s decade.
Events
- January 6 – The Committee of Inquiry on the collapse of the South Sea Company in Great Britain publishes its findings.
- March 24 – Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg concertos are completed, and dedicated to Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
- April 26 – Pirates John Taylor and Olivier Levasseur capture the 700-ton Portuguese galleon Nossa Senhora do Cabo at Réunion. The total value of treasure on board (from Goa) is estimated as between £100,000 and £875,000, one of the largest pirate hauls ever.
- May 8 – Pope Innocent XIII succeeds Pope Clement XI, as the 244th pope.
Births
- March 19 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish physician and author (d. 1771)
- November 9 – Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
- November 22 – Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
- December 6 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
- December 27 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
- December 29 – Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
Deaths
- January 25 – Robert Challe, French colonialist (b. 1659)
- January 26 – Pierre Daniel Huet, French churchman and scholar (b. 1630)
- February 5 – Abraham Hill, British merchant (b. 1633)
- February 5 –James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, English chief minister (b. 1673)
- February 16 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
- February 24 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
- March 16 – James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
- March 19 – Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
- March 29 – Charles Vane, English pirate (b. 1680)
- April 14 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
- April 27 – Eva von Buttlar, German mystic sectarian (b. 1670)
- April – Mary Read, English pirate (b. c. 1695)
- May 7 – Zinat-un-Nissa, princess of the Mughal Empire (b. 1643)
- May 8 – Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652–1721), French politician (b. 1652)
- May 10 – Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1666–1720) (b. 1647)
- June 3 – Joaquín Canaves, Spanish Catholic bishop (b. 1640)
- June 18 – Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal, son of William VI (b. 1655)
- July 8 – Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
- July 18 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
- July 19 – Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet, British bishop (b. 1650)
- July 26 – Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, French noble (b. 1636)
- August 3 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
- August 13 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
- September 3 – Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1663)
- September 6 – Georg Wolfgang Wedel, German physician, surgeon, botanist, chemist and philosopher (b. 1645)
- September 8
- Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
- Henri Arnaud, French Waldensian pastor, leader (b. 1641)
- September 9 – David Martin, French theologian (b. 1639)
- September 11 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
[[File:Marguerite-Louise d'Orleans.jpg|thumb|right|110px|Marguerite Louise d'Orléans]]
- September 17 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645)
- September 18 – Matthew Prior, British poet and diplomat (b. 1664)
- September 20 – Thomas Doggett, Irish actor (b. c. 1670)
- September 24 – Pacificus of San Severino, Italian saint (b. 1653)
- October 4 – Abraham Alewijn, Dutch playwright (b. 1664)
- October 11
- Edward Colston, English merchant, philanthropist (b. 1636)
- Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1656)
- October 23 – Samuel Frisching, Bernese soldier and politician (b. 1638)
- October 24 – Anthony Morris (I), American politician (b. 1654)
- December 13 – Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (original "Robinson Crusoe") (b. 1676)
[[File:Alexander Selkirk Statue.jpg|thumb|right|110px|Alexander Selkirk]]
- December 17 – Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1650)
- December 25 – António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas, Portuguese general, governor-general of Brazil (b. 1644)
- date unknown – Sultan Abdullah Khan Abdali, Persian Governor, Shah of Herat (b. 1670)
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