Page 2: Historical Events In January - 21

1735  Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1751  Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer on January - 21.   

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

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

1762  On January - 21 giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer   

1771  On this day in history arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director   

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

1775  On January - 21 manuel Garcia, composer   

1789  On this day in history the first American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy," is published   

1789  1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published on January - 21.   

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

1793  On January - 21 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  On this day in history john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author   

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

1801  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer on January - 21.   

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

1814  Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer on January - 21.   

1815  On January - 21 horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)   

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

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

1821  On January - 21 paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die   

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

1823  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer on January - 21.   

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

1824  The birth of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general on January - 21.   

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 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 January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)   

1735  On January - 21 birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

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

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 January - 21.   

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 January - 21.   

1527  On this day in history death of juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)   

1546  On this day in history death of azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)   

1596  On January - 21 john Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66