Famous Deaths In December - 20

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 this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

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

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

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

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on December - 20.   

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on December - 20.   

1539  On December - 20 death of johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

1590  Death of Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510) on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652) on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history death of richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)   

1749  On December - 20 pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies   

1768  On December - 20 death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)   

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.   

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

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

1799  On this day in history david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66   

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  On this day in history gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75   

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on this day in history.   

1862  Death of Robert Knox on December - 20.   

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

1876  On this day in history death of hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US   

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

1909  On this day in history benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

1916  Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on December - 20.   

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1494  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

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  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.