Page 2: Historical Events In January - 21

1735  On January - 21 johann Gottfried Eckard, composer   

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

1746  On January - 21 johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]   

1746  On January - 21 gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60   

1749  On January - 21 the Verona Philharmonic Theatre was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1754.   

1751  On January - 21 josephus Andreas Fodor, composer   

1757  In Ticonderoga New York Robert Rogers 1731-1795 defeated with his Rogers Rangers by French near Ticonderoga on January - 21.   

1759  Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot on January - 21.   

1762  On this day in history giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer   

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 January - 21.   

1775  On January - 21 manuel Garcia, composer   

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

1789  1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published on this day in history.   

1792  French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris on January - 21.   

1792  Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) on January - 21.   

1793  On January - 21 jan 21, King Louis the 16th of France is found guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution.   

1793  Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution on January - 21.   

1793  On this day in history prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)   

1793  Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 on January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1814  Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer on January - 21.   

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

1815  M Claudius, writer, dies at 74 on January - 21.   

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

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

1821  John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed) on January - 21.   

1823  On January - 21 alexandre Edouard Goria, composer   

1824  Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history the birth of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, American general   

1824  Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) on this day in history.   

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

1338  King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

0917  On this day in history death of erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)   

1118  Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history 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  John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.