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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 ...
History of technology by type; ... The year 1721 in science and technology involved some significant events. Medicine. The use of ether is developed as a pain-killer.
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.
Illustration: Five Nations "Indian sachems" meeting with N.Y. Gov. Burnet give him beaver for his new wife (Note: racial stereotypes) [12] With French favouring might over treaty right, Britain must make itself "considerable" in American colonies and build frontier forts [13]
11 January – Printer Isaac Carter marries Ann Lewis at Cenarth. [10]May – Prince William, the youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is taken ill with suspected smallpox; it turns out to be a false alarm, but inoculation becomes popular among aristocratic families as well as the royal family.
1721 in military history (2 C, 1 P) P. 1721 in politics (4 C, 1 P) R. ... Pages in category "1721" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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 ...
Timeline of Scottish history 1721 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere: Events from the year 1721 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for ...