Historical Events In January - 21

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

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

1077  German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness on this day in history.  

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

1189  Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade on this day in history.  

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 January - 21.  

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

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  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1542  On this day in history parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard  

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

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68  

1626  John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 on January - 21.  

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  On this day in history count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army  

1665  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21.  

1670  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1677  1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston on January - 21.  

1683  On January - 21 anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61  

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 January - 21.  

1732  Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha on this day in history.  

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

1338  On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)  

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  James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.  

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1746  On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]  

0304  On January - 21 death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)  

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.  

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

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on this day in history.  

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on January - 21.  

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

1546  On this day in history death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)  

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.