Historical Events In January - 21
Sunday, 17 August 2025
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.
0917 Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.
1077 German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness on January - 21.
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 this day in history philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
1276 On January - 21 pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V
1276 On January - 21 pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V
1287 On this day in history the treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
1324 On this day in history zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon
1337 On January - 21 charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1522 On January - 21 head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
1525 On January - 21 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.
1527 On this day in history juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)
1542 On this day in history parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) on January - 21.
1596 On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
1604 On January - 21 tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar on this day in history.
1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 on January - 21.
1626 On this day in history john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
1638 Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) on January - 21.
1643 Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific on January - 21.
1659 On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1664 Count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on January - 21.
1664 Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on January - 21.
1665 On this day in history domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
1670 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 on January - 21.
1677 On this day in history the first medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston on January - 21.
1683 On this day in history anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1686 Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies on January - 21.
1704 On January - 21 willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1732 On January - 21 russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »