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The following events took place on January 21. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 40 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 763

  The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
• 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.
• 1535

  Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
• 1720

  Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
• 1749

  The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
• 1774

  Abdul Hamid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 1789

  The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
• 1793

  After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• 1840

  Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• 1864

  The Tauranga Campaign begins during the New Zealand Wars.
• 1887

  A total of 465 mm rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
• 1893

  The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• 1899

  Opel manufactures its first automobile.
• 1908

  New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• 1911

  The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• 1915

  Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• 1919

  Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland’s first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
• 1925

  Albania declares itself a republic.
• 1931

  Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• 1941

  Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
• 1948

  The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
• 1950

  American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• 1954

  The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• 1958

  The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
• 1960

  Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
• 1960

  Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
• 1961

  Four hundred thirty-five workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State collapses.
• 1968

  Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
• 1968

  A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.

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