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  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 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 this day in history.  

1494  On December - 20 death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet  

1524  On this day in history death of thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician  

1539  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on this day in history.  

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1590  Death of Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510) on December - 20.  

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

1676  On December - 20 john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76  

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on December - 20.  

1722  On December - 20 death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)  

1723  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies  

1768  On this day in history death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)  

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox  

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 December - 20.  

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

1916  Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on December - 20.  

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)  

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer  

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  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer  

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)