Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

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

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

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

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

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 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  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 this day in history.   

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 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  On December - 20 pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies   

1768  On December - 20 death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1812  On December - 20 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  On this day in history gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75   

1856  On December - 20 death of francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)   

1862  Death of Robert Knox on December - 20.   

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on December - 20.   

1876  On December - 20 death of hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US   

1903  On December - 20 gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56   

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on December - 20.   

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

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

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 December - 20.   

1566  On December - 20 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  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.   

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