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  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.  

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.  

1022  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies  

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.  

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on this day in history.  

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  On December - 20 death of nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed  

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 this day in history.  

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

1723  On this day in history death of augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652)  

1740  Death of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675) on December - 20.  

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54  

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

1799  On this day in history david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66  

1812  Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies on December - 20.  

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on December - 20.  

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

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1916  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)  

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.  

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)