Historical Events In December - 20

1720  On December - 20 charles Edward Stuart, [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender]  

1729  On this day in history franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer  

1745  On December - 20 bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk  

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on December - 20.  

1758  Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer on this day in history.  

1774  Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer on this day in history.  

1780  On this day in history england declares war on Netherlands  

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.  

1786  On December - 20 pietro Raimondi, composer  

1790  On December - 20 first successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)  

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1790  On this day in history 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)  

1793  On this day in history joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54  

1798  On December - 20 cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72  

1799  On December - 20 david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66  

1803  On December - 20 louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M  

1807  On December - 20 richard Lucian Page, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

1808  Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1887 on December - 20.  

1809  Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer on December - 20.  

1812  On this day in history achille Peri, composer  

1812  On December - 20 sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies  

1813  On this day in history samuel Jordan Kirkwood, (Gov-Iowa)/US Sect of Interior (1881-82)  

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on December - 20.  

1819  John Geary, 1st SF postmaster, 1st mayor (May 1, 1850) on December - 20.  

1819  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1820  On December - 20 missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50  

1820  On December - 20 missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50  

1821  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1823  Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna on December - 20.  

1825  On December - 20 romeyn Beck Ayres, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888  

1830  On this day in history england, France, Prussia, Austria & Russia recognize Belgium  

1833  On this day in history samuel A Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth  

1850  Hawaiian post office established on December - 20.  

1858  On this day in history jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist (3 Brides)  

1859  On December - 20 antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher  

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.  

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

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

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

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

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 December - 20.  

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.  

0860  On December - 20 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 December - 20.  

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

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