This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1721.
Events
February – Joseph A. Hall's book, A Sober Reply to Mr. Higgs' Merry Arguments from the Light of Nature for the Tritheistic Doctrine of the Trinity..., published in the previous year, is burned by order of the British
House of Lords for ridiculing Christian doctrine.[1]
unknown dates
John Cleland becomes a pupil at
Westminster School; at first an exemplary student, he would eventually be expelled for an unknown offence.[2]
John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (died 1721) – The Works of the most noble John Sheffield, late Duke of Buckingham, published by His Grace in his life time