Historical Events In December - 20

0069  General Vespasianus occupies Rome on this day in history.   

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

0217  On December - 20 pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On this day in history king Ethelbald of Wessex   

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 December - 20.   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.   

1192  On December - 20 richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna   

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

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

1494  Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.   

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

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

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

1585  English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen on December - 20.   

1594  On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

1600  Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published on December - 20.   

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

1606  Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va on this day in history.   

1606  Christoph Schultze, composer on this day in history.   

1626  On December - 20 emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg   

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

1632  Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1669  1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery on December - 20.   

1676  On this day in history john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76   

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  On December - 20 frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)   

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

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

1606  On December - 20 birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)   

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

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

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.   

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on December - 20.