On January 21
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly January 21 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Jan 18 – Jan 24)
On 23 January 1556, a catastrophic earthquake of an estimated magnitude around 8.0 struck Huaxian (modern Huazhou) in the Wei River Valley of Shaanxi province during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty, earning it the name…
On 23 January 1565 a coalition of the Deccan sultanates of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Bidar and Golconda decisively defeated the army of the Vijayanagara Empire at Talikota (Rakshasi-Tangadi) in northern Karnataka.