Events from the year 1721 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV Regent: Philip II of Orleans
Events
Births 19 October – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800) 6 December – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) 29 December – Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (d. 1764)
Deaths 14 April – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652) 18 July – Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684) 13 August – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641)
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