Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

0069  On December - 20 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  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.   

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

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

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

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on December - 20.   

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

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

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

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)   

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

1740  Death of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675) on December - 20.   

1749  On this day in history pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies   

1768  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on December - 20.   

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

1793  Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1799  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on December - 20.   

1812  Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1821  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on December - 20.   

1856  On December - 20 death of francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)   

1862  On this day in history death of robert Knox   

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1876  Death of Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56   

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on December - 20.   

1916  Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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 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 December - 20.   

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