387 Historic Events for January 21
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| 879 |
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Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies
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| 1077 |
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German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
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| 1118 |
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Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
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| 1189 |
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Philip II, Henry II and Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
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| 1276 |
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Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V
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| 1324 |
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Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon
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| 1337 |
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Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
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| 1522 |
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Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
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| 1542 |
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Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
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| 1571 |
Birth |
John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
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| 1596 |
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John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
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| 1604 |
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Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
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| 1609 |
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Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
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| 1626 |
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John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
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| 1659 |
Birth |
Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
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| 1664 |
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Count Mikl¢s of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
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| 1665 |
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Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
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| 1665 |
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Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63
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| 1670 |
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Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80
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| 1677 |
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1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
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| 1683 |
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
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| 1686 |
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Nicolas-Fran‡ois Blondel, French architect, dies
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| 1704 |
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Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
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| 1732 |
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Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Riascha
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| 1735 |
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Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer
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