What happened on January 21?

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Discover what happened on January 21 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Births

  • 1800: Theodor Fliedner (German Lutheran minister (1800-1864))
  • 1800: Anthony
  • 1800: John Scatcherd (Canadian politician)
  • 1800: Anne-Louise-Emma-Zoë-Clementine de Rohan-Chabot ((1800-1853))
  • 1800: Sir William Aloysius Clavering, 9th Bt. ((1800-1872))
  • 1800: William Richard D. Yielding ((1800-1854))
  • 1800: Zacharias Kresse
  • 1801: Prince Achille Murat (eldest son of the King of Naples during the First French Empire, and Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida (1801–1847))
  • 1801: John Batman (Australian settler and explorer (1801-1839))
  • 1801: Christian Heinrich Grosch (Norwegian architect (1801–1865))
  • 1801: Heinrich von Künßberg (German historian (1801-1862))
  • 1802: Charles Milton Emerson (American judge)
  • 1802: Adolphe Monod (French Protestant churchman (1802-1856))
  • 1802: Ferdinand Lucke (German politician)
  • 1802: Karl II Prince of Schwarzenberg (Austrian-Czech nobleman, soldier and politician)
  • 1802: Hans Steenbuch ((1802-1853))
  • 1802: Francis E. Spinner (Congressman and Treasurer of the United States (1802-1890))
  • 1802: François Haken Philippar (French botanist (1802-1849))
  • 1802: André Fontaine (French painter (1802- ?))
  • 1802: Friedrich Bernhard Vermehren (German jurist and judge)
  • 1802: James B. Woods
  • 1802: Giuseppe Nardelli
  • 1802: Maria Charlotta Söderberg
  • 1802: Charles Bathurst ((1802-1842))
  • 1802: Richard Pole ((1802-1893))
  • 1802: Adam von Luckner (Prussian administrative official, landowner and district administrator)
  • 1802: Antoinette Sofia Strand
  • 1802: Charles Milton Emerson (American judge)
  • 1802: Josephus Van Hoolst (curate)
  • 1804: Frances Hancock Baker (Texas settler (1804-1884))
  • 1804: Jean Louis Alexandre Boveron Desplaces (French official (1804-1869))
  • 1804: Victorien Lefrancq
  • 1804: Jabez Coney (21/1/1804-23/1/1872; Dedham, Massachusetts, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; engineer, millwright; American)
  • 1804: Ivan Karlovich Rachette (1804-1865)
  • 1804: Andreas Gisel (Schaffhausen politician (1804-1889))
  • 1804: Moritz von Schwind (Austrian painter (1804-1871))
  • 1804: François Gabriel Guillaume Lépaulle (French painter (1804-1886))
  • 1804: Eliza Roxcy Snow (American Mormon writer (1804-1887))
  • 1804: Vincenc Janalík (Czech writer and roman catholic priest)
  • 1804: Frances Hancock Baker (Texas settler (1804-1884))
  • 1804: Jean Louis Alexandre Boveron Desplaces (French official (1804-1869))
  • 1808: Jacob Gensler (German painter (1808-1845))
  • 1808: Juan Crisóstomo Torrico (President of Peru (1808–1875))
  • 1808: Léon Riesener (French painter (1808-1878))
  • 1808: Bronisław Trentowski (Polish philosopher (1808–1869))
  • 1810: Pierre Louis Charles de Failly (French army officer (1810-1892))
  • 1810: Nathan S. Greene (American businessman and politician)
  • 1810: Benoît Jouvin (French journalist and music critic (1810-1886))
  • 1810: George Alexander Malcolm (First Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong)
  • 1810: Rodolfo Varano (Kingdom of Italy politician)
  • 1810: Gabriel Tourdes
  • 1810: William Pepper (American physician, writer)
  • 1810: Sebastian Straub
  • 1810: Emerantia Raghet
  • 1810: Emerantia Raghet
  • 1811: Roderich Benedix (German dramatist and librettist (1811-1873))
  • 1811: Gottfried von Neureuther (German architect (1811–1887))
  • 1811: James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (British Conservative statesman (1811–1885))
  • 1811: Annibale Capalti (Italian cardinal (1811-1877))
  • 1811: Mademoiselle Ambroisine (French actress and ballet dancer (1811-1882))
  • 1811: Philip Henry Muntz (British politician (1811-1888))
  • 1811: Sophus Schack (Danish painter (1811–1864))
  • 1811: Lars Josef Achrén (Finnish priest (1811-1842))
  • 1811: Inés García de López de Santa Anna (Mexican politician (1811-1844))
  • 1811: Leo Schöninger
  • 1811: Vincenzo Materozzi (Roman Catholic bishop)
  • 1811: Joseph D. Hatch (mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1811-1898))
  • 1811: Anne Gosse ((1811-1888))
  • 1811: Vicenç Joan Rosselló
  • 1811: Coker Fifield Clarkson (January 21, 1811–May 7, 1890)
  • 1813: Evgeniy Petrovich Vonlyarlyarskiy
  • 1816: Mihály Elefánt (Hungarian Lutheran pastor, Dean (1816-1872))
  • 1816: Ferdinand Liebsch (German painter and illustrator (1816-1905))
  • 1816: Salco Tromp Meesters
  • 1816: Adrien Guignet (French orientalist painter (1816–1854))
  • 1816: Louise Phister (Danish actress (1816-1914))
  • 1816: Bernhard Benedicks (Swedish politician (1816–1869))
  • 1816: Ignacio de Cepeda y Alcalde (Spanish writer (1816-1906))
  • 1816: Sophia Adriana de Bruijn (museum founder in Amsterdam)
  • 1816: Hortense Céline Rousselin-Corbeau de Saint-Albin (French painter (1817-1874))
  • 1816: Ōzato Chōkyō (sessei of Ryukyu)
  • 1816: Domenico Monti
  • 1816: P. Dominikus Schlick ((1816-1865))
  • 1816: Josefa Jardín ((1816-1857))
  • 1816: Mihály Elefánt (Hungarian Lutheran pastor, Dean (1816-1872))
  • 1816: Ferdinand Liebsch (German painter and illustrator (1816-1905))
  • 1816: Salco Tromp Meesters
  • 1816: Adrien Guignet (French orientalist painter (1816–1854))
  • 1816: Louise Phister (Danish actress (1816-1914))
  • 1816: Bernhard Benedicks (Swedish politician (1816–1869))
  • 1816: Ignacio de Cepeda y Alcalde (Spanish writer (1816-1906))
  • 1816: Ōzato Chōkyō (sessei of Ryukyu)
  • 1816: Domenico Monti
  • 1816: P. Dominikus Schlick ((1816-1865))
  • 1816: Sophia Adriana de Bruijn (museum founder in Amsterdam)
  • 1816: Hortense Céline Rousselin-Corbeau de Saint-Albin (French painter (1817-1874))
  • 1816: Josefa Jardín ((1816-1857))
  • 1816: Mihály Elefánt (Hungarian Lutheran pastor, Dean (1816-1872))
  • 1816: Ferdinand Liebsch (German painter and illustrator (1816-1905))
  • 1816: Salco Tromp Meesters
  • 1816: Adrien Guignet (French orientalist painter (1816–1854))
  • 1816: Louise Phister (Danish actress (1816-1914))
  • 1816: Bernhard Benedicks (Swedish politician (1816–1869))
  • 1816: Ignacio de Cepeda y Alcalde (Spanish writer (1816-1906))
  • 1816: Sophia Adriana de Bruijn (museum founder in Amsterdam)
  • 1816: Hortense Céline Rousselin-Corbeau de Saint-Albin (French painter (1817-1874))
  • 1816: Ōzato Chōkyō (sessei of Ryukyu)
  • 1816: Domenico Monti
  • 1816: P. Dominikus Schlick ((1816-1865))
  • 1816: Josefa Jardín ((1816-1857))
  • 1816: Jane Anthony Eames (American travel writer)
  • 1819: Louis de Leuw
  • 1819: J. Gruebel
  • 1819: Gustave Bernutz
  • 1819: Anton von Petz (Austrian noble)
  • 1819: Krizosztom Kruesz (monk, educator (1819-1885))
  • 1819: Petrus Franciscus van Cooth (politician (1819-1901))
  • 1819: Adam Honory Kirkor (Polish-Lithuanian, journalist, editor, archaeologist)
  • 1819: Edward Capern (British poet)
  • 1819: John Fell (Canadian politician)
  • 1819: Lewis S. Payne (American politician)
  • 1819: Kawaguchi Seppō
  • 1819: Thorvald Jørgensen
  • 1819: Enea Becheroni (Italian sculptor, active 1815-1862)
  • 1819: Carel Frederik Bendorp II (Dutch artist, 1819-1897)
  • 1819: Jasper Andreas Adrianus Leemans
  • 1819: Louis de Leuw
  • 1819: J. Gruebel
  • 1819: Gustave Bernutz
  • 1819: Francis Herbert Dufty ((1819-1906))
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  • 1820: Reinhold Solger (German historian (1820-1866))
  • 1820: János Hunfalvy (Hungarian geographer, university professor and academician (1820–1888))
  • 1820: Egide Walschaerts (mechanical engineer (1820–1901))
  • 1820: Joseph Wolf (German artist (1820-1899))
  • 1820: Jannes Vincent (politician (1820-1897))
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  • 1820: Jöns Bengtsson (Swedish politician (1820-1897))
  • 1820: Louis-Gabriel Delaplace (French missionary in China (1820-1884))
  • 1820: Alfred Taiée
  • 1820: Hidenari Hori
  • 1820: Theodor Meißner
  • 1820: Lewis Slusser (American politician and physician (1820–1892))
  • 1820: Nikolaus Peterson
  • 1824: Stonewall Jackson (general of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War)
  • 1824: Friedrich Feustel (German politician (1824-1891))
  • 1824: Endre Zsasskovszky (Hungarian composer and chorister (1824-1882))
  • 1824: Bertha Valerius (Swedish photographer and painter (1824-1895))
  • 1824: Q9375019 (botanist (1824-1895))
  • 1824: Irene Leach Craven
  • 1824: Josef Gabler (Austrian composer)
  • 1824: Paul Denucé (French physician (1824-1889))
  • 1824: Rosamund Elizabeth Lloyd ((died 1888))
  • 1824: Julia Gordon ((born 1824))
  • 1824: Andreas Zsasskowsky
  • 1824: Eugène-Victor Collinot (French potter and designer (1824-1889))
  • 1824: Michael Andreas Hammer Breien (Norwegian politician (1824-1872))
  • 1824: Pieter van Gelderen
  • 1824: Svend Petersen (b. 1/21/1824; school teacher and parish clerk)
  • 1824: James Erskine (American politician)
  • 1824: Lőrinc Hölzl (teacher, composer)
  • 1825: Vicente Sanfuentes (Chilean politician (1825-1896))
  • 1825: Robert Stockton Williamson (United States Army officer (1825–1882))
  • 1825: August Neubert
  • 1825: Frigyes Vilmos Schulek
  • 1825: Edward Close, Jr. (politician and pastoralist in New South Wales, Australia)