Historical Events In January - 21

0879  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies  

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

1077  On January - 21 german King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness  

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

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 this day in history.  

1276  On January - 21 pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V  

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  

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

1522  On January - 21 head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope  

1525  On this day in history 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  Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard on January - 21.  

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  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  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  Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) on this day in history.  

1643  Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific on January - 21.  

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  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  On this day in history honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80  

1677  On January - 21 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 January - 21.  

1659  On January - 21 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 this day in history.  

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.  

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 January - 21.  

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

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

1546  On January - 21 death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)  

1596  On this day in history john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66