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 this day in history.  

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

0910  On December - 20 alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies  

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.  

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies  

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  On December - 20 death of thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician  

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

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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  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  On this day in history death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)  

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

1768  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on December - 20.  

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.  

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

1798  On December - 20 cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72  

1799  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on December - 20.  

1812  On December - 20 sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies  

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

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on December - 20.  

1862  On December - 20 death of robert Knox  

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on December - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1909  On December - 20 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  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

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

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)