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

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies  

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  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675) on this day in history.  

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on December - 20.  

1768  On this day in history 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 this day in history joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54  

1798  Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 on December - 20.  

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50  

1821  On December - 20 gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75  

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history death of robert Knox  

1875  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56  

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

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

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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  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.  

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.  

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  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.  

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)