Historical Events In January - 21

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

0917  Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880) on this day in history.   

1077  German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness on January - 21.   

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

1189  On January - 21 philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade   

1189  On this day in history philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade   

1276  On this day in history pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V   

1276  Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V on January - 21.   

1287  On January - 21 the treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.   

1324  On January - 21 zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon   

1337  On this day in history 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  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66   

1604  Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar on January - 21.   

1604  On January - 21 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 on January - 21.   

1626  John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1638  Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) on January - 21.   

1643  On this day in history dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific   

1659  On January - 21 adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

1664  Count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on this day in history.   

1664  On this day in history count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army   

1665  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72 on January - 21.   

1670  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 on January - 21.   

1677  On January - 21 the first medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston   

1677  On January - 21 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston   

1683  Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1686  Nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies on January - 21.   

1704  On January - 21 willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83   

1732  On January - 21 russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha   

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1743  On this day in history 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 January - 21.   

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

0917  On January - 21 death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

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 January - 21.   

1546  On this day in history 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