Historical Events In January - 21
Sunday, 19 October 2025
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies on this day in history.
0917 On this day in history erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)
1077 German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness on this day in history.
1118 Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on January - 21.
1189 Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade on January - 21.
1189 On this day in history philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V on January - 21.
1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V on this day in history.
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 January - 21 charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1522 On this day in history head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
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 this day in history.
1527 Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) on this day in history.
1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard on this day in history.
1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) on January - 21.
1596 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar on this day in history.
1609 On this day in history joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
1626 On January - 21 john Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
1638 Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570) on this day in history.
1643 On January - 21 dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Tonga in the Pacific
1659 On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1664 On this day in history 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 The first medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston on January - 21.
1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston on January - 21.
1683 On January - 21 anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1686 On this day in history nicolas-Francois Blondel, French architect, dies
1704 On January - 21 willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1732 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha on this day in history.
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