Historical Events In January - 21

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880).   

1077  German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness.   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1189  Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade.   

1189  Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade.   

1276  Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V   

1276  Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V   

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

1324  Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon   

1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80).   

1522  Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope.   

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.   

1527  Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1542  Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam).   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66.   

1604  In this year, Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar   

1604  In this year, 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   

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

1638  Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570).   

1643  Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific   

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect.   

1664  Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army   

1665  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72   

1670  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80   

1677  The inaugural medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston.   

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

1683  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61.   

1686  Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies   

1704  Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83   

1732  Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha   

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

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

1659  On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

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  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 January - 21.   

0879  On January - 21 boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

0917  Death of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on January - 21.   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.   

1519  Death of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  Death of Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) on January - 21.   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on January - 21.