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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 ...
6 January – The Committee of Inquiry on the collapse of the South Sea Company publishes its findings.; 5 February – Lord Stanhope, chief minister, dies a day after collapsing while vigorously defending his government's conduct over the "South Sea Bubble" in Parliament.
1773–1775: Pugachev's Rebellion, the largest peasant revolt in Russian history. 1773: East India Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle opium into China. 1773: 16 December, the Boston Tea Party. 1775: John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his second voyage (1772–1775).
Timeline of Scottish history 1721 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere: Events from the year 1721 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for ...
The 1720s decade ran from January 1, 1720, to December 31, 1729. In Europe it was a decade of comparative peace following a lengthy period of near continuous warfare with treaties ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the Great Northern War.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Other events of 1721 List of years in Ireland: Events from the year 1721 in ...
Timeline of Canadian history; List of years in Canada; Part of a series on the: ... Events from the year 1721 in Canada. Incumbents. French Monarch: Louis XV [1]
Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... History of technology by type; ... The year 1721 in science and technology involved some significant events.