WHAT HAPPENED ON 21. JANUARY
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The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory. (21. January 763)

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. (21. January 1525)

Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris (21. January 1535)

Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. (21. January 1720)

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754. (21. January 1749)

The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts. (21. January 1789)

After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. (21. January 1793)

Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica. (21. January 1840)

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. (21. January 1861)

The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars. (21. January 1864)

465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city. (21. January 1887)

The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. (21. January 1893)

Opel manufactures its first automobile. (21. January 1899)

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. (21. January 1908)

The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place. (21. January 1911)

Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan. (21. January 1915)

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. (21. January 1919)

Albania declares itself a republic. (21. January 1925)

Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. (21. January 1931)

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. (21. January 1941)