Famous Deaths In December - 20

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  On this day in history stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history death of thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

1539  On this day in history death of johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

1590  On December - 20 death of ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510)   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on this day in history.   

1676  On December - 20 john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76   

1679  On December - 20 johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

1722  Death of Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history death of augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652)   

1740  On this day in history death of richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)   

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on this day in history.   

1768  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on December - 20.   

1783  On this day in history antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54   

1793  On December - 20 joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54   

1798  On December - 20 cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72   

1799  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies   

1815  On December - 20 giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75   

1819  On December - 20 louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50   

1821  On this day in history gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75   

1856  On this day in history death of francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)   

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox   

1875  On December - 20 michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

1876  Death of Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on December - 20.   

1903  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56   

1909  On this day in history benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

1916  On December - 20 manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.   

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

1566  On December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.   

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)