January 21 in History

Assembles troops for the 3rd Crusade

Joan of Arc is sentenced to life imprisonment. 1st day of the trial of Joan of Arc

Parliament opens for the 1st time during Henrys reign. Opens Parliament, 21 Jaunuary-21 February

Executuion of Henery Howard, Earl of Surrey

Executed during a power struggle for the Regency Council during Edward's minority

Arrested for conspiring to marry Elizabeth to Thomas Seymour

Parliament approves uniform English worship and authorises the first Book of Common Prayer.

Reveals details of the conspiracy after questioning by the council.

Questions Courtenay after Renard warns of the plot.

Warns Mary's council about suspected rebellion against the Spanish marriage.

Greene is executed at Tyburn for exercising his Catholic priesthood.

Roe is executed at Tyburn after conviction as a Catholic priest.

Charles I goes on trial, he refuses to plead

Helps mediate a dispute between the Earl of Huntingdon and his son, Lord Hastings.

Appointed Privy Counsellor

After the execution, Louis XVI's remains were buried in the Madeleine Cemetery in Paris.

Sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde

The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic

The execution of Louis XVI intensifies conflict between Jacobins Girondins and foreign enemies of the Republic.

Louis XVI attended a final religious service in the Temple before being taken to the place of execution.

Louis XVI was transported under heavy guard from the Temple to the Place de la Revolution.

Terra Nova briefly grounds near Cape Evans while manoeuvring around the ice edge.

Appointed Minister of War

Repudiates foreign & domestic debts

The Parliament of Northern Ireland is established

The Government decided to extend conscription to Ireland, and that Ireland would have to be given home rule in order to make it acceptable, Carson disagrees in principle and again resigns

Ludendorf decides on a spring offensive

The Government decided to extend conscription to Ireland, and that Ireland would have to be given home rule in order to make it acceptable, Carson disagrees in principle and again resigns

The Government decided to extend conscription to Ireland, and that Ireland would have to be given home rule in order to make it acceptable, Carson disagrees in principle and again resigns

The Parliament of Northern Ireland is established. The Government decided to extend conscription to Ireland, and that Ireland would have to be given home rule in order to make it acceptable, Carson disagrees in principle and again resigns

The Sinn Fein decalre the foundation of the Irish Republic

Sinn Fein elect an Aireacht (ministry) headed by a Priomh Aire (Prime Minister). 30 of the Sinn Fein MPs assembled in Dublins Mansion House and proclaim themselves the Parliament of Ireland, Dail Eireann

37 Sinn Fein MPs establish the Dail Eirean, Irish Parliament

The Irish Republic is proclaimed

30 of the Sinn Fein MPs assembled in Dublins Mansion House and proclaim themselves the Parliament of Ireland, Dail Eireann

Sinn Fein elect an Aireacht (ministry) headed by a Priomh Aire (Prime Minister)

30 of the Sinn Fein MPs assembled in Dublins Mansion House and proclaim themselves the Parliament of Ireland, Dail Eireann

The Conservatives are defeated in Parliament

The Croat Party is dissolved

Opens the London conference on naval disarmament

Answers questions on housing provision and policy affecting London County Council estates.

Provides a ministerial answer concerning slum clearance activity in Kent.

The communist newspaper, "The Daily Worker" is banned in London

Antonescu defeats the Iron Guard rebellion and consolidates personal rule.

Bastico oversees Italian forces as the Axis counteroffensive begins from the El Agheila area toward Cyrenaica.

The Allies are forced back to Agedabia

Proposes excluding the press from the conference to protect secrecy and reduce logistical pressure.

Refuses to place South West Africa under United Nations trusteeship

Announces his resignation as President after severe Nationalist defeats, while retaining leadership of the Kuomintang.

Cabinet members begin taking office on the day after Eisenhower's inauguration.

Kerensky records his position on russian democracy campaign in exile.

The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, is launched during Eisenhower's administration.

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway, 2nd term

Takes the public oath of office for his second presidential term.

The central government restores authority over Katanga after the secession collapses.

Accepts the end of Katanga's secession after United Nations forces establish control over the province.

George Harrison marries Patty Boyd at Epsom Register Office

North Korean commandos attempt to attack South Koreas president.

PAVN pressure around Khe Sanh diverts American attention before Tet

Orders Operation Niagra after the Viet Cong strke Khe Sanh

Continues his parliamentary attack on entry into the European Economic Community during a second day of Commons debate.

The supersonic Concorde jet is put into service by Britain and France

Issues a pardon to all Americans who had evaded conscription in the Vietnam war

Vietnam draft evaders are granted a full pardon by President Carter

The day after Jimmy Carter leaves Office the US hostages in Iran are released

The day after Jimmy Carter leaves Office the US hostages in Iran are released

Answers a parliamentary question concerning voluntary organisations in Liverpool.

Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor

Directs Stalingrad.

Inbetweener reaches number sixteen on the UK singles chart and becomes one of Sleeper's breakthrough songs.

Responding to fears that the US is headed for an imminent recession, stock markets fall drastically in Frankfurt, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Paris, London, and other major cities in Europe and Asia

Brown's government defends legislation ratifying the Treaty of Lisbon.

The Commons gives the European Union Amendment Bill its second reading.

In the UK, the European Union (Amendment) Bill is debated in the House of Commons on and passes its second reading that day by a vote of 362 to 224; Prime Minister Gordon Brown is absent that day, and leaves the Bill to be defended by David Miliband

Oversees conclusion of the National Dialogue Conference.

Delegates approve principles for a future federal state.

Uses the World Economic Forum to discuss Britain's economy, employment and European reform.

Uses the World Economic Forum to argue for reform of Britain's European Union membership terms.

Delivers unscripted remarks at CIA headquarters focusing on media coverage and crowd size.

Faces worldwide protests the day after his inauguration.

The United States confirms its first COVID-19 case.

Acknowledges first confirmed COVID-19 case in the United States.

Launches a national COVID-19 strategy.

Serdar appoints the former President to chair the powerful People's Council

Former President receives the title National Leader of the Turkmen people

Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is appointed chairman of the reformed People's Council

People's Council is transformed into a supreme representative body with broad constitutional influence

Is sworn in as Secretary of State.

Reviews U.S. policy toward Ukraine after taking office.

Birth of James Hamilton

Birth of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

Birth of Oscar II

Birth of Sophia Jex-Blake

Birth of John Moses Browning

Birth of Maxime Weygand

Birth of David Paul Scofield.

Birth of Placido Domingo

Death of Thomas Howard, executed during a power struggle for the Regency Council

Louis XVI was sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde.

Sent to the giuillotine in the Place de la Revolution, now the Place de la Concorde

Death of John Moore

Death of Ludwig Achim von Arnhim

Continues anti-Bolshevik commentary after Lenin’s death.

Stalin attends the memorial meeting at the Bolshoi Theatre to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of Lenin

Death of Archibald James Murray

Death of Eric Blair, alias George Orwell

Death of George Orwell in London.

Death of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman

Death of Tom Parker

The last German airfield at Gumrak is captured

The last German airfield at Gumrak is captured

Battle of Khe Sanh: one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8

Crowned in Uppsala Cathedral