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1721 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 ...
1721 English cricket season. Events from the year 1721 in Great Britain. Incumbents. Monarch – George I; Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (starting 3 April) [1]
Royal statutes, etc. issued before the development of Parliament. 1225–1267; 1275–1307; 1308–1325; Temp. incert. 1327–1376; 1377–1397; 1399–1411
An Universal Etymological English Dictionary was a dictionary compiled by Nathan Bailey (or Nathaniel Bailey) and first published in London in 1721. It was the most popular English dictionary of the eighteenth century until the publication of Samuel Johnson's massive dictionary in 1755.
November 9 – Mark Akenside, English poet (died 1770) November 16 – Johann Silberschlag, German theologian (died 1791) December 25 – William Collins, English poet (died 1759) December 27 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch moral philosopher (died 1790) unknown date – Robert Potter, English translator, poet and cleric (died 1804) [7]
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The Bergen Greenland Company was founded.; 2 May – Hans Egede departed with three ships from Bergen to Greenland, starting the Danish-Norwegian colonization of Greenland. 1 August – The King orders a large sale of church property in Norway.