Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.   

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

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

0910  On December - 20 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on this day in history.   

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

1590  Death of Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

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 December - 20.   

1679  On this day in history johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

1722  Death of Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

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

1740  On December - 20 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  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.   

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

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  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75   

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on December - 20.   

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox   

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on December - 20.   

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

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

1909  On December - 20 benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

1916  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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