1494 On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.
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 this day in history.
1606 Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.
1626 Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.
0069 Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.
0217 Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.
0860 Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.
0910 On December - 20 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 On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet