On This Day

January 1621 in History

Events in History

  • Jan 13 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta)

Birthdays in History

  • Jan 27 Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)

Deaths in History

  • Jan 28 Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, dies at 68

Historical Figures

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