Historical Events In December - 20
Monday, 06 February 2023
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 December - 20.
0860 On this day in history king Ethelbald of Wessex
0910 On December - 20 alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies
1046 Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI on this day in history.
1073 On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies
1192 On December - 20 richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna
1355 Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.
1448 On this day in history pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal
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 this day in history.
1539 On this day in history johannes Lupi, Flemish composer
1579 On December - 20 john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)
1585 English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on December - 20.
1594 On December - 20 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
1600 On this day in history ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
1606 On December - 20 virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown
1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va on this day in history.
1606 Christoph Schultze, composer on this day in history.
1626 On this day in history emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg
1629 On December - 20 pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter
1632 Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on this day in history.
1659 On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman
1661 Corporation Act enforced in England on December - 20.
1669 First jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery on December - 20.
1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery 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.
1688 Prince Willem III's troops pull into London on December - 20.
1694 Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben on this day in history.
1699 On December - 20 peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1