This Day In European History 21st January Events 1217: Matthew Paris, English monk and chronicler, joins St. Albans monastery. 1525: The Swiss Brethren, a foundation of Anabaptists, formed. 1732: The Treaty of Riascha signed by Russia and Persia; Russia gives up claims on Persian lands. 1799: The smallpox vaccine is first used publically. 1976: Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner, enters service. Births 1338: King Charles V of France. 1885: Duncan Grant, Scottish painter. Deaths 1609: Joseph Justus Scaliger, Dutch chronologist. 1626: John Dowland, English composer. 1793: King Louis XVI of France, executed by Guillotine. 1870: Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, Russian political activist who believed there would be a socialist peasants revolt. 1872: Franz Grillparzer, Austrian dramatist. 1924: Vladimir Lenin, Russian Revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet Union. 1950: George Orwell, British writer.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:12:01 +0000
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