On January 21, history records 35 notable events, 204 famous births and 107 deaths, spanning the years 763 to 1893.
Events on this day include: The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory. (763); 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 m... (1525).
Notable people born on January 21 include Alexander, Prince of Scotland (1264), Charles V of France (1338), Ludwig Helmbold (1532).
Notable figures who died on this day include Yazdegerd I (420), Epiphanius of Pavia (496), Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (917).
Events on 21 January 35
See all →The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
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.
Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
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Birthdays on 21 January 204
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Deaths on 21 January 107
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