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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.
History of Russia (1721–96) is the history of Russia during the Era of Russian palace revolutions and the Age of Catherine the Great.It began with creation of Russian Empire in 1721, the rule of Catherine I in 1725, and ended with the short rule of Peter III of Russia.
The Most Holy Synod (established in 1721) was the supreme organ of government of the Orthodox Church in Russia. It was presided over by a lay Procurator , representing the emperor, and consisted of the three metropolitans of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Kiev, the Archbishop of Georgia , and a number of bishops sitting in rotation.
1720–1721: The Great Plague of Marseille. 1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain . 1721: The Treaty of Nystad is signed, ending the Great Northern War. 1721: Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree. 1721: Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church.
Moulton, James R. Peter the Great and the Russian Military Campaigns During the Final Years of the Great Northern War, 1719–1721 (University Press of America, 2005). Oakley, Stewart P. War and Peace in the Baltic, 1560–1790 (Routledge, 2005). Sumner, B. H. (1951). Peter the Great and the Emergence of Russia. The English Universities Press Ltd.
This article lists the events in 1721 in Russia. Incumbents. Monarch – Peter I - oversaw the reorganization of the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire.
Events from the year 1721 in Ireland. Incumbent. Monarch: George I; Events. June 24 ...