Historical Events In January - 21
Sunday, 07 December 2025
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history. 

0917 On this day in history erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) 

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

1118 On January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies 

1189 Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade on January - 21. 

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 

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 On January - 21 juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) 

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

1571 On this day in history john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) 

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 this day in history. 

1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 on this day in history. 

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 January - 21. 

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 this day in history. 

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

1665 On January - 21 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 On January - 21 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston 

1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 on January - 21. 

1686 Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies on January - 21. 

1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on January - 21. 

1732 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha on January - 21. 

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