Historical Events In December - 20

0069  On December - 20 general Vespasianus occupies Rome   

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

0217  Pope Zephyrinus on December - 20.   

0860  King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

0910  On December - 20 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 December - 20.   

1192  On December - 20 richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna   

1355  On December - 20 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  On December - 20 matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

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 this day in history thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

1539  Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

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

1585  On this day in history english fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen   

1594  On December - 20 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1600  On this day in history ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published   

1606  Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown on December - 20.   

1606  On this day in history virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer on December - 20.   

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

1629  On this day in history pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed   

1659  On December - 20 francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1661  Corporation Act enforced in England on this day in history.   

1669  On December - 20 first jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery   

1669  On this day in history 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery   

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

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

1688  Prince Willem III's troops pull into London on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben   

1699  Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on December - 20.   

0910  On December - 20 alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

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  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