Page 2: Historical Events In January - 21

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer on January - 21.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) on January - 21.   

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

1746  Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60 on January - 21.   

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

1751  On January - 21 josephus Andreas Fodor, composer   

1757  In Ticonderoga New York Robert Rogers 1731-1795 defeated with his Rogers Rangers by French near Ticonderoga on this day in history.   

1759  Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot on January - 21.   

1762  Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer on January - 21.   

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

1774  On January - 21 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 January - 21 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 January - 21 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 this day in history.   

1793  Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution on this day in history.   

1793  On January - 21 prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)   

1793  On January - 21 louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38   

1796  On January - 21 john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author   

1799  On January - 21 edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced   

1801  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer on this day in history.   

1813  On January - 21 pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111)   

1814  On January - 21 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer   

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

1815  On this day in history m Claudius, writer, dies at 74   

1818  On January - 21 keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"   

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

1821  John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed) on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history alexandre Edouard Goria, composer   

1824  Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa on this day in history.   

1824  The birth of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general on this day in history.   

1824  On January - 21 thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)   

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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 January - 21 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  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 this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

0304  On this day in history death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

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

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

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

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  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