Famous Deaths Happened In December - 20

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

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1524  Death of Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician on December - 20.   

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

1590  On December - 20 death of ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510)   

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

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   

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

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

1740  Death of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1749  Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on this day in history.   

1768  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on this day in history.   

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 December - 20.   

1798  Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75   

1819  Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75   

1856  On December - 20 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 this day in history.   

1903  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on December - 20.   

1909  On December - 20 benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

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  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1539  On December - 20 birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  On December - 20 birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

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

1594  On this day in history 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)