Famous Deaths In December - 20

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.  

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.  

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  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 20.  

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies  

1355  On December - 20 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  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on December - 20.  

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 December - 20.  

1676  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1722  Death of Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) on December - 20.  

1723  On December - 20 death of augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652)  

1740  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)  

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.  

1793  Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54 on December - 20.  

1798  Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66  

1812  On December - 20 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  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on December - 20.  

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

1862  On this day in history death of robert Knox  

1875  On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75  

1876  Death of Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on this day in history.  

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on December - 20.  

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1916  Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on December - 20.  

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.  

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

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer  

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.  

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

1594  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer  

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.  

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