November 2: The Russian Empire is created as the Tsar Peter the Great is proclaimed "Tsar of all the Russias". (1858 painting by Stanisław Chlebowski)
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1721 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1721 MDCCXXI
Ab urbe condita
2474
Armenian calendar
1170 ԹՎ ՌՃՀ
Assyrian calendar
6471
Balinese saka calendar
1642–1643
Bengali calendar
1128
Berber calendar
2671
British Regnal year
7 Geo. 1 – 8 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar
2265
Burmese calendar
1083
Byzantine calendar
7229–7230
Chinese calendar
庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4418 or 4211 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4419 or 4212
Coptic calendar
1437–1438
Discordian calendar
2887
Ethiopian calendar
1713–1714
Hebrew calendar
5481–5482
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
1777–1778
- Shaka Samvat
1642–1643
- Kali Yuga
4821–4822
Holocene calendar
11721
Igbo calendar
721–722
Iranian calendar
1099–1100
Islamic calendar
1133–1134
Japanese calendar
Kyōhō 6 (享保６年)
Javanese calendar
1645–1646
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar
4054
Minguo calendar
191 before ROC 民前191年
Nanakshahi calendar
253
Thai solar calendar
2263–2264
Tibetan calendar
阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1847 or 1466 or 694 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1848 or 1467 or 695
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1721 (MDCCXXI) 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 Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish...
The year 1721 in science and technology involved some significant events. The use of ether is developed as a pain-killer. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduces...
The year 1721 in music involved some significant events. December 3 – Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second wife, Anna Magdalena. Antonio Maria Bononcini...
This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1721. February – Joseph A. Hall's book, A Sober Reply to Mr. Higgs' Merry Arguments...
The history of Sweden from 1772 to 1809 is better known as the Gustavian era of Kings Gustav III and Gustav IV, as well as the reign of King Charles XIII...
that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917. At its height in the late 19th century...
Events from the year 1721 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George I Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil...
NGC 1721 is a lenticular galaxy (S0) located in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered on the 10th of Nov 1885 by Edward Emerson Barnard. This galaxy...
Sevenoaks School is a highly selective coeducational private school in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. It is the second oldest non-denominational school in the...
(Swedish: Svenska Livland) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1629 until 1721. The territory, which constituted the southern part of modern Estonia (including...
1696) Peter I the Great (April 27, 1682 — October 22, 1721) Peter I the Great (October 22, 1721 — January 28, 1725) Catherine I (January 28, 1725 — May...
presided over the government of England, and after 1707, Great Britain, before 1721. Chief ministers were usually one of the great officers of state, but it...
the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain for over twenty years from 1721, as the first prime minister. Walpole is also the longest-serving British...
etc. — used between the time of the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), Russian Empire (1721–1917) and today's Russian Federation (1991–present day). Also...
1721 Wells, provisional designation 1953 TD3, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 44 kilometers in diameter. It...
Prince of all Russia, was the title of the Russian monarch from 1547 to 1721. During this period, the state was a tsardom. The first Russian monarch to...
Foudre on the origins of fossils, prehistoric stone tools and meteorites. 1721: Nicholas Revett (d. 1804) 1726: October 12 - Pierre Henri Larcher (d. 1812)...
Kingdom since 1721. The prime minister with the longest single term was Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 315 days from 3 April 1721 until 11 February...
because both of them were pregnant. Read died of a fever in jail in April 1721 (likely due to complications from the pregnancy), but Bonny's fate is unknown...
1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V...
Fort Charles until the claim was proven. Read died in her cell in April 1721, most likely of fever related to childbirth. There is no historical record...
James Craggs the Elder (1657 – 16 March 1721), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Charlton, Lewisham, Kent, was an English financier and Whig politician...
Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917. The title originated in connection with Russia's victory in the Great Northern War (1700–1721) and appeared as an adaptation...
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