Historical Events In January - 21

0879  On this day in history boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies   

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

1077  On January - 21 german King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness   

1118  On this day in history paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies   

1189  Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1287  On this day in history the treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.   

1324  Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon on this day in history.   

1337  On January - 21 charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)   

1522  Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope on this day in history.   

1525  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 on January - 21.   

1527  Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on January - 21.   

1542  Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard on this day in history.   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

1596  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

1609  On January - 21 joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68   

1626  On this day in history john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62   

1638  On January - 21 ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)   

1643  Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific on this day in history.   

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

1664  On January - 21 count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army   

1664  Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army on January - 21.   

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

1670  On this day in history honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80   

1677  On this day in history the first medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston   

1677  1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston on this day in history.   

1683  On January - 21 anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61   

1686  On January - 21 nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies   

1704  Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83 on this day in history.   

1732  On this day in history russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha   

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1337  Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on this day in history.   

1338  On January - 21 birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)   

1571  John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1743  John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 January - 21.