On February 21, history records 40 notable events, 163 famous births and 69 deaths, spanning the years 362 to 1828.
Events on this day include: Athanasius returns to Alexandria. (362); Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. (1245).
Notable people born on February 21 include Abe no Seimei (921), Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462).
Notable figures who died on this day include Randoald of Grandval (675), Minamoto no Yoshinaka (1184), Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus (1267).
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Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeats a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.
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Birthdays on 21 February 163
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Deaths on 21 February 69
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