What happened 1721 AD

The 1721 Tabriz earthquake occurred on April 26, with an epicenter near the city of Tabriz, Iran. It leveled some three-quarters of the city, The total number of casualties caused by the earthquake is between 8,000 and 250,000; it was most likely approximately 80,000.

The following year, Bach met Anna Magdalena Wilcke, a young, highly gifted soprano 16 years his junior, who performed at the court in Köthen; they married on 3 December 1721.

The Irish composer Francis Hutcheson was born in Dublin in 1721.

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes was born in Paris in 1721.

James Elphinston was born in Edinburgh in 1721.

The Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus, was born in London.