Famous Deaths In December - 20

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.  

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus  

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex  

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

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 December - 20.  

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

1539  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on December - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 20.  

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  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  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on December - 20.  

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

1815  On December - 20 giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75  

1819  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox  

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history death of hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US  

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on December - 20.  

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68  

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.  

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.  

1566  On December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)  

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.  

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer  

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