Historical Events In January - 21
Thursday, 11 December 2025
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21. 

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

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 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V on this day in history. 

1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V on this day in history. 

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

1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon on this day in history. 

1337 Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) on this day in history. 

1522 Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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

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

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

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 On this day in history dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific 

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

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

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

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 On January - 21 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 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha on this day in history. 

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