Famous Deaths 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  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.  

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)  

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 December - 20.  

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.  

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on December - 20.  

1539  On this day in history death of johannes Lupi, Flemish composer  

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1590  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76  

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 December - 20.  

1783  On this day in history antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54  

1793  Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72  

1799  On December - 20 david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66  

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 this day in history 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  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on December - 20.  

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  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.  

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.  

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.  

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.