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1721

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

Years: 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 - 1721 - 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726

Events

Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope
Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos
Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War

Births

February 3 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz[?], general (+ 1773)
April 19 - Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence
April 19 - Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence

Deaths

March - Pope Clement XI

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