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 this day in history.   

0860  King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

0910  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1046  Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI on this day in history.   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1192  Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna on December - 20.   

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

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

1494  Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.   

1522  On this day in history 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.   

1524  On December - 20 thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

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

1539  Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1594  On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

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 this day in history christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg on December - 20.   

1629  Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter on December - 20.   

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

1659  On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1661  On December - 20 corporation Act enforced in England   

1669  On December - 20 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 December - 20.   

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

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on December - 20.   

1688  On December - 20 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  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on December - 20.   

1537  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)   

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  On this day in history alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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