What Happened In December 1721 In History

Famous Birthdays on December in 1721

• 6th » James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and educator (d. 1809)
• 6th » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794)
• 9th » Peter Pelham (composer) named Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (d. 1805)
• 27th » François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher and author (d. 1790)
• 29th » Madame de Pompadour, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1764)

Famous Deaths for December 1721

• 13th » Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)
• 17th » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English solder and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)

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