Famous Deaths In December - 20

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.  

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus  

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies  

1494  On December - 20 death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet  

1524  On December - 20 death of thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician  

1539  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on December - 20.  

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1590  On this day in history death of ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510)  

1632  Death of Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on this day in history.  

1676  On December - 20 john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76  

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 this day in history death of richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)  

1749  On this day in history pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies  

1768  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on December - 20.  

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 December - 20.  

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 December - 20.  

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1862  Death of Robert Knox on this day in history.  

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

1876  On this day in history death of hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US  

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1539  On this day in history 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  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.  

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.