Anniversarial — 2021
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2021:
Births
- Austen, Henry Thomas (born 1771–died 1850), English churchman, militia officer, banker
- Bonaparte, Marie Julie, queen of Spain [née Clary] (born 1771–died 1845), French monarch
- Britton, John (born 1771–died 1857), English historian, antiquarian, author
- Canga Argüelles, José (born 1771–died 1842), Spanish politician
- Chastenay-Lanty, Louise Marie Victoire de (born 1771–died 1855), French translator, historian, botanist
- Dibdin, Thomas John (born 1771–died 1841), English upholsterer, actor, scene-painter, playwright, theatre director, theatre manager
- Douglas, Thomas, 5th earl of Selkirk (born 1771–died 1820), Scottish aristocrat, philanthropist, colonizer
- Dundas, Robert Saunders, 2nd Viscount Melville (born 1771–died 1851), Scottish politician, member of Parliament
- Fellowes, Doctor Sir James (born 1771–died 1857), Scottish army officer, physician, surgeon, literary executor
- Fellows, Sir James (born 1771–died 1857), English gentleman
- Feuillet, Laurent François (born 1771–died 1843), French librarian, translator, archivist
- Fischer, Christian August (born 1771–died 1829), German author, travel-writer
- Fox, Elizabeth, Baroness Holland [née Vassall] (born c. 1771–died 1845), English aristocrat, salon hostess
- Friendly Society of Annuitants (founded 1771–disbanded 1771), English insurance company
- Henderson, Georgiana Jane [née Keate] (born c. 1771–died 1850), English painter
- Henning, John (born 1771–died 1851), Scottish modeller, sculptor, tradesman
- Hoare, Sophia [née Thrale] (born 1771–died 1824), English home-maker
- Lemercier, Louis Jean Népomucène (born 1771–died 1840), French author, playwright, revolutionary, academician
- Longman, Thomas Norton (born 1771–died 1842), English publisher
- Mecou, André Joseph (born 1771–died 1837), French engraver
- Meikleham, William (born 1771–died 1846), Scottish astronomer, philosopher
- Owen, Robert (born 1771–died 1858), Scottish socialist, reformer
- Peltier & Carrier (founded 1771–disbanded 1787), French shipowner
- The Pennsylvania Packet (founded 1771), American newspaper
- Place, Francis (born 1771–died 1854), English tailor, radical, tradesman
- Raymond, James Grant (born 1771–died 1817), Scottish actor, theatre manager
- Say, Jean Honoré (born 1771–died 1799), French teacher
- Scott, Sir Walter (born 1771–died 1832), Scottish author, poet, novelist
- Smith, Sydney (born 1771–died 1845), English author, wit
- Veit, David (born 1771–died 1814), French Jewish, physician
- Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, Marc René Marie de, 4th marquis d’Argenson (born 1771–died 1842), French politician, revolutionary
Deaths
- Audra, Joseph (died 1771), French schoolteacher
- Blair, John [senior] (born 1687–died 1771), American politician, civil servant
- Boudot, Pierre Jean (born 1689–died 1771), French librarian, censor, historian, archivist, civil servant
- Boyer, Jean Baptiste de, marquis d’Argens (born 1703–died 1771), French aristocrat, freethinker, author
- Brulart, Louis Philoxène, marquis de Puisieulx (born 1702–died 1771), French government minister
- Cand, François David (born c. 1719–died 1771), Swiss churchman, Protestant
- Capris, Giuseppe, conte di Castellamonte (died 1771), Italian civil servant
- Caulet, père Jean de, bishop of Grenoble (born 1693–died 1771), French churchman, scholar, academic
- Clavel de Brenles, Jacques Abram Elie Daniel (born 1717–died 1771), Swiss lawyer, legal author
- Davenport, Richard (died 1771), English gentleman
- Delaval, Sir Francis Blake (born 1727–died 1771), English rake, actor, soldier, member of Parliament
- Desboulmiers, Jean Auguste (born 1731–died 1771), French author, playwright
- Dompierre de Fontaine, Marie Élisabeth de, marquise de Florian [née Mignot] (born 1715–died 1771), French aristocrat
- Dortous de Mairan, Jean Jacques (born 1678–died 1771), French astronomer, physicist, academician
- Doublet, Marie Anne [née Legendre] (born 1677–died 1771), French author, artist, draughtsman, portraitist, pastellist, salon hostess
- Friendly Society of Annuitants (founded 1771–disbanded 1771), English insurance company
- Gallatin, Abraham (born 1708–died after 1771), Swiss postal official
- Gibert, Joseph Balthasar (born 1711–died 1771), French author, historian, academician
- Gray, Thomas (born 1716–died 1771), English author, poet
- Helvétius, Claude Adrien (born 1715–died 1771), French philosopher, author
- Hill-Trevor, Arthur, 1st Viscount Dungannon (died 1771), Irish aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament
- Hughs, John (born 1703–died 1771), English printer
- La Font de Saint-Yenne, Étienne (born 1688–died 1771), French art critic
- Larlan de Kercadio, Jean Anne Vincent de, comte de Rochefort (died 1771), French aristocrat
- La Tour d’Auvergne, Charles Godefroy de, duc de Bouillon (born 1706–died 1771), French aristocrat, army officer
- Le Tellier, Louis Charles César, duc d’Estrées (born 1695–died 1771), French army officer
- Lockman, John (born 1698–died 1771), English author, translator
- Loyseau de Mauléon, Alexandre Jérôme (born 1728–died 1771), French lawyer
- Mignot, père Étienne, abbé Mignot (born 1698–died 1771), French author, historian, academician
- Mill, John (born 1710–died 1771), Scottish merchant
- Miller, Philip (born 1691–died 1771), English gardener, academician, horticulturist
- Mitchell, Andrew (born 1708–died 1771), Scottish diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Mniszech, Countess Katarzyna [née Zamoyska] (born 1722–died 1771), Polish aristocrat
- Montagu Dunk, George, 2nd earl of Halifax (born 1716–died 1771), English politician, member of Parliament
- Moussinot, père Bonaventure, abbé Moussinot (died 1771), French churchman
- Petit de Bachaumont, Louis (born 1690–died 1771), French historian, art critic, journalist, urbanist
- Pitot, Henri (born 1695–died 1771), French engineer
- Prieur, père Jean Louis, abbé Prieur (born 1731–died 1771), French churchman, Catholic, university teacher, scrivener, tradesman
- Richardson, Jonathan [the younger] (born 1694–died 1771), English literary critic, editor, historian
- Rigondet de Rozet, Jean Baptiste (born 1726–died 1771), French lawyer
- Roguin, Daniel (born 1691–died 1771), Swiss soldier, businessman, army officer
- Schoepflin, Johann Daniel (born 1694–died 1771), German scholar, historian, academic
- Smart, Christopher (born 1722–died 1771), English author, poet, madman
- Smollett, Tobias (born 1721–died 1771), Scottish physician, surgeon, sailor, novelist, historian, travel-writer
- Stillingfleet, Benjamin (born 1702–died 1771), English botanist, author
- Synge, Reverend Nicholas, bishop of Killaloe (born c. 1693–died 1771), Irish churchman
- Temple, Alexander (born c. 1735–died 1771), Scottish churchman
- Wallace, Robert (born 1697–died 1771), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian, demographer
- Wood, Robert (born c. 1717–died 1771), Irish traveller, scholar, classicist, archaeologist, government minister, historian
- Wren, Christopher (born c. 1711–died 1771), English gentleman
