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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 ...
5 February – James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, statesman and soldier (born c. 1673) 16 February – James Craggs the Younger, politician (born 1686) 24 February – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, statesman and poet (born 1648)
John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (died 1721) – The Works of the most noble John Sheffield, late Duke of Buckingham, published by His Grace in his life time; John Strype – Ecclesiastical Memorials; Emanuel Swedenborg – Prodromus principiorum rerum naturalium; Jonathan Swift. The Bubble; A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately Enter'd into ...
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1721. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland .
April 18 - Captain Thomas Anstis with 70 men and a brigantine deserts Bartholomew Roberts to start his own piratical career. June 13 - George Lowther leads a mutiny aboard the Gambia Castle, renames her the Happy Delivery, and draws up articles of piracy for his crew.
Get-rich-quick attitude hinders early development of New France [3]. French governor and intendant want Indigenous allies to resist British, possibly with their direct support (Note: "savages" used) [4]
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The Quarantine Act 1721 (8 Geo. 1.c. 10) was a health protection measure passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. [1]During the 18th century, the age of empire and sailing ships in England, outbreaks of diseases such as the plague seemed to travel from country to country very rapidly.