Famous Deaths In December - 20

0069  On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered  

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  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 December - 20.  

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.  

1494  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54  

1793  On December - 20 joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54  

1798  On December - 20 cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72  

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

1812  On this day in history sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies  

1815  On December - 20 giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75  

1819  On this day in history louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50  

1821  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox  

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1876  Death of Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56  

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

1916  On December - 20 manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68  

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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 December - 20.  

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)