Famous Deaths Happened 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 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 this day in history death of elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

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

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

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  Death of Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

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

1679  Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1722  On December - 20 death of kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)   

1723  On this day in history death of augustus Quirinus Rivinus (b. 1652)   

1740  On December - 20 death of richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)   

1749  On this day in history pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies   

1768  On December - 20 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  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 December - 20 david Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66   

1812  On this day in history sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies   

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on December - 20.   

1819  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on December - 20.   

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

1856  Death of Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820) on December - 20.   

1862  On this day in history death of robert Knox   

1875  On this day in history 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  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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  Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on this day in history.   

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)