On November 21, history records 55 notable events, 171 famous births and 102 deaths, spanning the years 235 to 1877.
Events on this day include: Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred. (235); Lý Công Uẩn is enthroned as emperor of Đại Cồ Việt, founding the Lý dynasty. (1009).
Notable people born on November 21 include John Bale (1495), Anne de Xainctonge (1567), Catharina Questiers (1631).
Notable figures who died on this day include Columbanus (615), Al-Tahawi (933), Emperor Reizei (1011).
Events on 21 November 55
See all →Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.
The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
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Birthdays on 21 November 171
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