1721 in France
# 1721 in France

Events from the year 1721 in France.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Louis XV
* Regent: Philip II of Orleans

## Births

* October 19 – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
* December 6 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
* December 29 – Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)

## Deaths

* April 14 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
* July 18 – Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
* August 13 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
* Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641)
