Famous Deaths 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 December - 20.  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.  

1022  On December - 20 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 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 December - 20.  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on this day in history.  

1783  On December - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1909  On December - 20 benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79  

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

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

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

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

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