Historical Events In December - 20

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  On this day in history pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On December - 20 king Ethelbald of Wessex   

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

1046  On December - 20 synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1355  On this day in history stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1448  Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal on this day in history.   

1494  Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

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

1539  Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on December - 20.   

1579  On this day in history john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1585  On this day in history english fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen   

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  Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va on December - 20.   

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  Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter on this day in history.   

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

1659  On December - 20 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 December - 20.   

1676  On this day in history john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76   

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

1688  On this day in history prince Willem III's troops pull into London   

1694  Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben on December - 20.   

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

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

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

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

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

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

0069  On this day in history death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

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 December - 20.   

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

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet