Events on 21 January 35
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The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
Year 1525
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded 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.
Year 1535
Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
Year 1789
The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
Year 1793
After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
Year 1893
The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
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