Historical Events In December - 20

0069  On this day in history general Vespasianus occupies Rome   

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

0217  Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.   

0860  On this day in history king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.   

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

1073  On this day in history domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1192  On December - 20 richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna   

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

1448  Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal on December - 20.   

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 December - 20.   

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

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

1539  On this day in history johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

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

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

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer on December - 20.   

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

1606  On December - 20 virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown   

1606  Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg on this day in history.   

1629  On December - 20 pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

1632  On December - 20 nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed   

1659  Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman on December - 20.   

1661  On December - 20 corporation Act enforced in England   

1669  On this day in history first jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery   

1669  On this day in history 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery   

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 December - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

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  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

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  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

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

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