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Historical Events In December - 20
Saturday, 16 February 2019
0069 General Vespasianus occupies Rome on this day in history. 
0069 Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.
0217 Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.
0860 King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.
0910 On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies
1046 Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI on December - 20.
1073 Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.
1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna on this day in history.
1355 Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.
1448 Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal on this day in history.
1494 Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.
1522 On December - 20 suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
1524 Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on this day in history.
1539 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer on December - 20.
1539 On December - 20 johannes Lupi, Flemish composer
1579 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) on December - 20.
1585 English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on December - 20.
1594 On December - 20 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
1600 On December - 20 ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown on this day in history.
1606 On this day in history virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va
1606 On this day in history christoph Schultze, composer
1626 On this day in history emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg
1629 Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter on December - 20.
1632 On December - 20 nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
1659 On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman
1661 On this day in history corporation Act enforced in England
1669 First jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery on this day in history.
1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery on this day in history.
1676 John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1679 On December - 20 johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75
1688 On this day in history prince Willem III's troops pull into London
1694 On this day in history frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben
1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 on this day in history.
