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  On December - 20 king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on this day in history.   

1046  On this day in history synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI   

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

1192  Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna on this day in history.   

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

1448  Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal on this day in history.   

1494  On December - 20 matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet   

1522  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 on December - 20.   

1524  On this day in history thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician   

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

1539  On December - 20 johannes Lupi, Flemish composer   

1579  On this day in history john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1585  English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on this day in history.   

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

1600  Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published on this day in history.   

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

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

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer on this day in history.   

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

1629  Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter on this day in history.   

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

1659  Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman on December - 20.   

1661  On December - 20 corporation Act enforced in England   

1669  First jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75   

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

1694  Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben on December - 20.   

1699  On this day in history peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1   

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

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  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

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

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On December - 20 death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  On December - 20 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  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.   

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