Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

0069  On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

0910  On this day in history 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  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.   

1355  On December - 20 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   

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on December - 20.   

1539  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 20.   

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  Death of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675) on December - 20.   

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on December - 20.   

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

1798  Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 on December - 20.   

1799  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on December - 20.   

1812  Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies on this day in history.   

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on December - 20.   

1819  On this day in history louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50   

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  Death of Robert Knox on this day in history.   

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 December - 20 benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

1916  On this day in history manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68   

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

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

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

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.