Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

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  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1524  On December - 20 death of thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

1539  On this day in history death of johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

1590  Death of Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

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

1676  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1722  On December - 20 death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)   

1723  On December - 20 death of augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652)   

1740  On December - 20 death of richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)   

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)   

1783  On this day in history antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54   

1793  On December - 20 joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54   

1798  Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 on December - 20.   

1799  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies   

1815  On this day in history giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75   

1819  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on December - 20.   

1821  On December - 20 gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75   

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on December - 20.   

1862  Death of Robert Knox on December - 20.   

1875  On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

1876  Death of Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on December - 20.   

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1909  On December - 20 benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

1916  On December - 20 manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68   

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1494  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 20.   

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

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

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)