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  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1355  On this day in history stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1494  On this day in history death of matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

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 this day in history death of nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed   

1676  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 20 pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies   

1768  Death of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692) on December - 20.   

1783  Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54 on December - 20.   

1793  On December - 20 joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54   

1798  Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72 on December - 20.   

1799  David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66 on December - 20.   

1812  On December - 20 sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies   

1815  Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50   

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

1856  On this day in history death of francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)   

1862  On December - 20 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  Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56 on December - 20.   

1909  On this day in history benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

1916  On December - 20 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 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 December - 20.   

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

1594  On December - 20 birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)