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On January 21, 763: Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.

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Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.

The Alid revolt of 762–763 or Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul was an uprising by the Hasanid branch of the Alids against the newly established Abbasid Caliphate. The Hasanids, led by the brothers Muhammad and Ibrahim, rejected the legitimacy of the Abbasid family's claim to power. Reacting to mounting persecution by the Abbasid regime, in 762 they launched a rebellion, with Muhammad rising in revolt at Medina in September and Ibrahim following in Basra in November.

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Born on January 21

Luke Littler 2007– English darts player (born 2007)
IShowSpeed 2005– American YouTuber and streamer (born 2005)
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway 2004– Norwegian princess (born 2004)
Hannibal Mejbri 2003– French-born Tunisian footballer (born 2003)
Moussa Diabaté 2002– French basketball player (born 2002)
Baek Jong-bum 2001– South Korean footballer (born 2001)
Rubina Ali 1999– Indian actress
Fūju Kamio 1999– Japanese actor (born 1999)
Alisha Lehmann 1999– Swiss footballer (born 1999)
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Pervis Estupiñán 1998– Ecuadorian footballer (born 1998)
Mamadi Diakite 1997– Guinean basketball player (born 1997)
Jeremy Shada 1997– American actor (born 1997)
Ilia Topuria 1997– Georgian and Spanish mixed martial artist (born 1997)
Marco Asensio 1996– Spanish footballer (born 1996)
Cristian Pavón 1996– Argentine association football player
Jake Elliott 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Marine Johannès 1995– French basketball player (born 1995)
Alanna Kennedy 1995– Australian soccer player (born 1995)

People

Died on January 21

Virginia Oliver (born 1920) American lobster fisherwoman (1920–2026)
Mauricio Funes President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014
Garth Hudson Canadian multi-instrumentalist (1937–2025)
Louie Anderson American stand-up comedian (1953–2022)
Leonor Oyarzún First Lady of Chile from 1990 to 1994
Terry Jones Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)
Morgan Wootten American basketball coach (1931–2020)
Kaye Ballard American actress and singer (1925–2019)
Henri French noble (1933–2019)
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Emiliano Sala Argentine footballer (1990–2019)
Harris Wofford American politician (1926–2019)
Bill Johnson American alpine skier (1960–2016)
Mrinalini Sarabhai Indian classical dancer
Marcus Borg American theologian, New Testament scholar and writer (1942–2015)
Leon Brittan British politician (1939–2015)
Johnnie Lewis Liberian lawyer and politician
Canek Sánchez Guevara Cuban author and dissident (1974–2015)
Ahmet Mete Işıkara Turkish geophysicist (1941–2013)

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Every January 21 on record

  1. 763 Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.

    Revolt in the Abbasid Caliphate

    The Alid revolt of 762–763 or Revolt of Muhammad the Pure Soul was an uprising by the Hasanid branch of the Alids against the newly established Abbasid Caliphate. The Hasanids, led by the brothers Muhammad and Ibrahim, rejected the legitimacy of the Abbasid family's claim to power. Reacting to mounting persecution by the Abbasid regime, in 762 they launched a rebellion, with Muhammad rising in revolt at Medina in September and Ibrahim following in Basra in November.

  2. 1525 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.

    Country in Central Europe

    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, and Italy to the south. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Alps, the Swiss Plateau, and the Jura Mountains; the Alps cover most of the country's territory, whereas the majority of its 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts many of the largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Winterthur, and Lucerne.

  3. 1535 Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.

    1534 anti-Catholic protest in France

    The Affair of the Placards was an incident in which anti-Catholic posters appeared in public places in Paris and in four major provincial cities, Blois, Rouen, Tours and Orléans, in the night of the 17 to 18 October 1534. One of the posters was posted on the bedchamber door of King Francis I at Amboise, an affront and a breach of security that left him shaken. The Affaire des Placards brought an end to the conciliatory policies of Francis, which had formerly attempted to protect the Protestants from the more extreme measures of the Parlement de Paris, and also of the public entreaties for moderation of Philip Melanchthon.

  4. 1720 Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.

    German state (1701–1918)

    The Kingdom of Prussia was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918. It played a significant role in the unification of Germany in 1871 and was a major constituent of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the region called Prussia, it was based in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

  5. 1749 The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.

    Opera house in Verona, Italy

    The Teatro Filarmonico is the main opera theater in Verona, Italy, and is one of the leading opera houses in Europe. The Teatro Filarmonico is property of the Accademia Filarmonica di Verona. Having been built in 1716, and later rebuilt after a fire of January 21, 1749, and again after the allied bombing of February 23, 1945.

  6. 1774 Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  7. 1789 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  8. 1793 After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
  9. 1824 The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast during the First Anglo-Ashanti War.
  10. 1854 The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
  11. 1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
  12. 1908 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.
  13. 1911 The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  14. 1915 Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  15. 1919 A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
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  1. 1925 Albania declares itself a republic.
  2. 1931 Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
  3. 1932 Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty.
  4. 1941 Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engage in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
  5. 1942 The Jewish resistance organization, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in the Vilna Ghetto is established.
  6. 1945 The Trade Union Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine is founded in Mukachevo.
  7. 1948 The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
  8. 1950 American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
  9. 1951 The catastrophic eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives.
  10. 1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  11. 1960 Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, on board.
  12. 1960 Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
  13. 1960 A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
  14. 1963 The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation.
  15. 1968 Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

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