Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history 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  Death of Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on December - 20.   

1676  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on December - 20.   

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1815  On this day in history giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75   

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

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox   

1875  On December - 20 michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

1876  On December - 20 death of hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US   

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

1909  On this day in history benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

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 this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

1579  On December - 20 birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  On this day in history 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)