Historical Events In December - 20

0069  On December - 20 general Vespasianus occupies Rome   

0069  Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0217  Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

0860  King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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

1046  On this day in history synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI   

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1192  On this day in history richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna   

1355  On this day in history 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  On December - 20 matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

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

1539  On this day in history johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

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

1585  English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on this day in history.   

1594  On December - 20 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1600  Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published on this day in history.   

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

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

1606  On December - 20 christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On December - 20 emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg   

1629  On December - 20 pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

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

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

1661  On this day in history corporation Act enforced in England   

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

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

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  Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 on December - 20.   

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

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