Famous Deaths In December - 20

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

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus  

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies  

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 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 December - 20.  

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

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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 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 December - 20.  

1722  Death of Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) on December - 20.  

1723  Death of Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 20.  

1812  Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies on this day in history.  

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

1821  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on December - 20.  

1856  On this day in history death of francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  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 December - 20.  

1594  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer  

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

1626  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)