Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

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

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 20.   

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.   

1494  On this day in history 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 December - 20.   

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  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  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.   

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  On December - 20 giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75   

1819  On December - 20 louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50   

1821  On December - 20 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 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 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  On December - 20 manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

1537  On December - 20 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  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)