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 this day in history.   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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

1539  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on December - 20.   

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 December - 20.   

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.   

1722  On this day in history death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)   

1723  Death of Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652) on December - 20.   

1740  On December - 20 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  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1798  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies   

1815  On December - 20 giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75   

1819  On December - 20 louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50   

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

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

1862  On this day in history death of robert Knox   

1875  On December - 20 michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

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

1903  On December - 20 gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56   

1909  Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1916  Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1537  On December - 20 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 December - 20.   

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

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

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