Historical Events In December - 20

0069  General Vespasianus occupies Rome on December - 20.   

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

0217  On December - 20 pope Zephyrinus   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history 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 December - 20.   

1539  On this day in history paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

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

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) on December - 20.   

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

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer on this day in history.   

1600  Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published on December - 20.   

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

1606  On December - 20 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  On this day in history pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

1632  Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on December - 20.   

1659  Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman on this day in history.   

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

1669  On December - 20 first jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery   

1669  On December - 20 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery   

1676  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on December - 20.   

1679  On this day in history johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

1688  On December - 20 prince Willem III's troops pull into London   

1694  Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben on this day in history.   

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 December - 20.   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

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  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.   

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

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

1494  On December - 20 death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet