June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
Day of death June 3, 1721
The temperature on June 3, 1721 was about 15.0 °C. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
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