Historical Events In December - 20

0069  General Vespasianus occupies Rome on December - 20.   

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

0217  On this day in history pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On this day in history king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.   

1046  Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI on December - 20.   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.   

1192  On this day in history richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna   

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1448  Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal on December - 20.   

1494  On December - 20 matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

1522  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 on December - 20.   

1524  Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on this day in history.   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer on this day in history.   

1539  Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 20 john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1585  English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on this day in history.   

1594  On December - 20 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1600  On December - 20 ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published   

1606  On this day in history virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown   

1606  On this day in history virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va   

1606  On December - 20 christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg on this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed   

1659  Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman on December - 20.   

1661  Corporation Act enforced in England on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history first jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery   

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 December - 20.   

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on December - 20.   

1688  Prince Willem III's troops pull into London on this day in history.   

1694  On December - 20 frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben   

1699  On this day in history peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1   

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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 December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

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

1579  On December - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

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

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.   

1022  On December - 20 death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

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.