Historical Events In January - 21

1735  On this day in history johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

1743  On this day in history john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)   

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

1746  Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1749  The Verona Philharmonic Theatre was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1754 on this day in history.   

1751  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer on January - 21.   

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

1759  On January - 21 johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot   

1762  Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer on January - 21.   

1771  Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director on this day in history.   

1774  Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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  French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris on January - 21.   

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

1793  Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided) on January - 21.   

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

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

1799  Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced on January - 21.   

1801  On January - 21 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer   

1813  On this day in history 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  M Claudius, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1821  On this day in history paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die   

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

1823  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer on January - 21.   

1824  On this day in history ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa   

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

1824  Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) on January - 21.   

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

1659  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.   

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

0304  On January - 21 death of saint Agnes (martyred) (b. 291)   

0879  Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on January - 21.   

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

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

1519  On January - 21 death of vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)   

1527  Death of Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.   

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