March 14 » According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
March 24 » The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
June 8 » Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
June 24 » The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
July 8 » Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
July 27 » The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
Day of death April 23, 1721
The temperature on April 23, 1721 was about 11.0 °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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