Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

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 this day in history 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 December - 20 death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on this day in history.   

1539  On December - 20 death of johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

1590  Death of Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1632  On December - 20 death of nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed   

1676  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on December - 20.   

1679  On this day in history johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

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

1723  Death of Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652) on December - 20.   

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 December - 20.   

1768  On this day in history death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)   

1783  On December - 20 antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54   

1793  On this day in history joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54   

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

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  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on December - 20.   

1821  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1856  On December - 20 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 December - 20.   

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

1909  On December - 20 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  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  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.   

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

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

1626  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)