Historical Events In December - 01
Friday, 20 February 2026
0660 Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies. 

0772 Pope Adrian I elected. 

0800 Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican 

1135 Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies 

1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League 

1374 Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies 

1417 Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies. 

1420 Henry V of England enters Paris. 

1455 Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 

1521 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 

1530 Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51. 

1549 Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) 

1566 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva 

1566 Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen 

1573 Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile 

1580 Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 

1605 Juan de Padilla, composer. 

1623 Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47. 

1626 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out. 

1633 Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 

1634 John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter 

1635 Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 

1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule 

1641 Mass is recorded as becoming inaugural colony to give statutory recognition to slavery. 

1641 Mass is recorded as becoming 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery. 

1651 Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65. 

1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes 

1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden. 

1671 Keill, mathematician 

1700 Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 

1707 Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies. 

1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels. 

1709 Franz Xaver Richter, composer 

1709 A Sancta Clara, writer, dies 

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