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 December - 20.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed  

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 December - 20.  

1722  On this day in history death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)  

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

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

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 December - 20.  

1819  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on December - 20.  

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 December - 20 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 December - 20.  

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

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer  

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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.