Historical Events In January - 21
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer on this day in history.
1743 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history in Ticonderoga New York Robert Rogers 1731-1795 defeated with his Rogers Rangers by French near Ticonderoga
1759 On this day in history 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 Manuel Garcia, composer on this day in history.
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 January - 21.
1792 On January - 21 french King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) on January - 21.
1793 Jan 21, King Louis the 16th of France is found guilty of treason and beheaded during the Revolution on January - 21.
1793 Louis XVI, the King of France, is guillotined during the French revolution on January - 21.
1793 On January - 21 prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)
1793 Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 on this day in history.
1796 John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author on January - 21.
1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced on this day in history.
1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer on this day in history.
1813 On January - 21 pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111)
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer on January - 21.
1815 On this day in history horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
1815 On this day in history m Claudius, writer, dies at 74
1818 On this day in history keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"
1821 On January - 21 paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die
1821 On January - 21 john Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed)
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 this day in history.
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) on this day in history.
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