Historical Events In January - 21

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies  

0917  On January - 21 erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)  

1077  On this day in history german King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness  

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.  

1189  On January - 21 philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade  

1189  On January - 21 philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade  

1276  Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V on January - 21.  

1276  Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V on January - 21.  

1287  On January - 21 the treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.  

1324  On January - 21 zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon  

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1337  On January - 21 charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)  

1522  Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope on January - 21.  

1525  The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union on January - 21.  

1527  Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.  

1542  Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard on January - 21.  

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) on this day in history.  

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.  

1604  Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar on this day in history.  

1604  Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar on January - 21.  

1609  Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 on January - 21.  

1626  John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1638  On this day in history ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)  

1643  Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect  

1664  On January - 21 count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army  

1664  Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on January - 21.  

1665  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1670  On January - 21 honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80  

1677  On this day in history the first medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston  

1677  On this day in history 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston  

1683  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies  

1704  Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on this day in history.  

1732  On this day in history russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha  

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.  

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.  

1571  On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)  

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.  

1721  On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)  

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer  

1743  On January - 21 birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)  

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)  

0879  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies  

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21.  

1118  On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies  

1519  On January - 21 death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)  

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.  

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on January - 21.  

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.