Notable Birthdays - 1721
1721 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 12 |
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) |
Jan 21 |
James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) |
Feb 3 |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) |
Feb 13 |
John Reid, composer |
Feb 24 |
John McKinly, Ulster Ireland, American physician |
Mar 19 |
Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized |
Apr 1 |
Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees) |
Apr 11 |
David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808) |
Apr 13 |
John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation |
Apr 14 |
William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader |
Apr 19 |
Roger Sherman, American lawyer and Founding Father of the United States (Declaration of Independence, Constitution) |
Apr 24 |
Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised |
Jul 9 |
Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781) |
Jul 14 |
John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807) |
Jul 22 |
Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer |
Aug 4 |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803) |
Aug 13 |
Francis Ireland, composer |
Aug 21 |
Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet |
Aug 31 |
George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775) |
Sep 14 |
Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807) |
Oct 19 |
Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800) |
Oct 25 |
Pierre Talon, composer |
Nov 9 |
Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770) |
Nov 22 |
Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824) |
Nov 25 |
Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies) |
Dec 6 |
James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809) |
Dec 6 |
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) |
Dec 25 |
William Collins, Chichester England, (Mayor-Chichester)/poet |
Dec 27 |
Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher |
Dec 29 |
Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th |
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