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)