Historical Events In December - 20

0069  General Vespasianus occupies Rome on December - 20.   

0069  Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.   

0217  Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

0860  King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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

1046  Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1494  On December - 20 matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

1522  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

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

1539  On this day in history johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

1579  On this day in history john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

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

1594  On December - 20 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1600  On this day in history ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published   

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

1606  Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va on December - 20.   

1606  On December - 20 christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg on December - 20.   

1629  On this day in history pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

1632  Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1661  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

1688  Prince Willem III's troops pull into London on December - 20.   

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

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 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  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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on this day in history.   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

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

0217  Death of Pope Zephyrinus on this day in history.   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

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