Famous Deaths In 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 December - 20.   

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.   

1022  On this day in history 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   

1524  On this day in history death of thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

1539  On this day in history death of johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

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

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

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   

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  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history death of carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)   

1783  On December - 20 antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54   

1793  On December - 20 joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54   

1798  On this day in history cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72   

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  On this day in history louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50   

1821  Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history death of francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)   

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  Death of Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on December - 20.   

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

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

1916  On this day in history manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68   

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1494  On this day in history birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

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 December - 20.   

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

1594  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)