Famous Deaths for Year 1721
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Months in Year 1721: January February March April July August September October December
Deaths 1 - 23 of 23
Jan 7th - Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]
Feb 5th - James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47
Feb 16th - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
Feb 24th - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
Mar 16th - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
Mar 19th - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71
Apr 14th - Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
Jul 8th - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
Jul 18th - Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
Jul 25th - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66
Aug 3rd - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
Aug 13th - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
Sep 7th - Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss], German artist (Frederik of Prussia), dies
Sep 8th - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
Sep 11th - Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies
Sep 18th - Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies
Sep 20th - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor
Oct 2nd - Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies
Oct 4th - Abraham Alewijn, poet/playwright (Beslikte Swaantje), dies at 36
Oct 11th - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636)
Dec 13th - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)
Dec 17th - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English statesman (b. 1640)
Dec 22nd - Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery
