Page 2: Historical Events In January - 21

1735  On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

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

1746  Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] on January - 21.   

1746  On this day in history gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60   

1749  On January - 21 the Verona Philharmonic Theatre was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1754.   

1751  On this day in history josephus Andreas Fodor, composer   

1757  In Ticonderoga New York Robert Rogers 1731-1795 defeated with his Rogers Rangers by French near Ticonderoga on January - 21.   

1759  On this day in history johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot   

1762  Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer on January - 21.   

1771  On January - 21 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director   

1774  On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

1775  Manuel Garcia, composer on January - 21.   

1789  On January - 21 the first American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy," is published   

1789  On this day in history 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published   

1792  On this day in history french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.   

1792  On this day in history tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)   

1793  Jan 21, King Louis the 16th of France is found guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution on January - 21.   

1793  On this day in history louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution   

1793  Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided) on this day in history.   

1793  Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 on this day in history.   

1796  John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author on January - 21.   

1799  Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced on this day in history.   

1801  On January - 21 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer   

1813  Pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111) on January - 21.   

1814  On this day in history thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer   

1815  On this day in history horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)   

1815  On January - 21 m Claudius, writer, dies at 74   

1818  Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair" on this day in history.   

1821  Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die on this day in history.   

1821  On January - 21 john Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed)   

1823  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer on this day in history.   

1824  On January - 21 ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa   

1824  On this day in history the birth of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general   

1824  Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) 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  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  On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

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 January - 21.   

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

0879  On January - 21 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 January - 21 paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1519  On this day in history death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

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