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

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

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

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

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  The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon on this day in history.  

1324  On this day in history zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon  

1337  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)  

1542  On January - 21 parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard  

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

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66  

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  On January - 21 joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68  

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 this day in history.  

1643  On January - 21 dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific  

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect on January - 21.  

1664  Count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on this day in history.  

1664  Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1686  On January - 21 nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies  

1704  On this day in history 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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1337  On January - 21 birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)  

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)  

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

1659  On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect  

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  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.  

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

0304  Death of Saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on this day in history.  

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66