Historical Events In December - 20

0069  General Vespasianus occupies Rome on this day in history.   

0069  On December - 20 aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

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  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 this day in history stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1448  On December - 20 pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal   

1494  Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.   

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 December - 20.   

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

1539  Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on December - 20.   

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

1585  On December - 20 english fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer on December - 20.   

1600  Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published on December - 20.   

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  On this day in history emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg   

1629  On December - 20 pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

1632  On December - 20 nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed   

1659  Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman on this day in history.   

1661  On December - 20 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  1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery on this day in history.   

1676  On December - 20 john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76   

1679  On December - 20 johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

1688  On December - 20 prince Willem III's troops pull into London   

1694  On December - 20 frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben   

1699  Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 on December - 20.   

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1494  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.   

1537  On December - 20 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer was born on December - 20.   

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

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

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

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer was born on December - 20.   

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

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

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

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

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  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.   

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