Editing 1721 (section)

=== July &ndash;September ===
* [[July 31]] &ndash; The Spanish expedition led by Coahuila Governor [[José de Azlor y Virto de Vera]], sent to recapture Texas from the French, encounters [[Neches River]] the smaller French force of [[Louis Juchereau de St. Denis]], who had led the French expansion westward from the Louisiana territory.  Realizing that his forces are badly outnumbered, St. Denis abandons hope of colonizing the east Texas territory and Azlor retakes the area.  <ref>John L. Kessell, ''Spain in the Southwest: A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California'' (University of Oklahoma Press, 2013) p217</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; The [[Sack of Shamakhi (1721)|Sack of Shamakhi]] occurs, in the Persian [[Safavid Empire]].
* [[September 10]] (August 23 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; The [[Treaty of Nystad]] is signed, ending the [[Great Northern War]].