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Dec 20 1494

Oronce Fin French mathematician & cartographer born in Brianon France (d. 1555)

Dec 20 1537

John III King of Sweden (1568-92) born in stergtland Sweden (d. 1592)

Dec 20 1539

Paulus Melissus humanist Neo-Latin writer translator and composer born in Mellrichstadt Germany (d. 1602)

Dec 20 1566

Edward Wightman English radical Anabaptist born in Burton upon Trent (d. 1612)

Dec 20 1579

John Fletcher Jacobean playwright born in Rye United Kingdom

Dec 20 1594

Giovanni Battista de Gagliano Italian composer

Dec 20 1606

Christoph Schultze German composer born in Berlin Germany

Dec 20 1626

Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff German statesman born in Herzogenaurach Germany (d. 1692)

Dec 20 1629

Pieter de Hoogh Dutch Golden Age painter born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1684)

Dec 20 1659

Francois Fagel Dutch lawyer & statesman born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1746)

Dec 20 1717

Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes French statesman and diplomat born in Dijon France (d. 1787)

Dec 20 1729

Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny Czech composer born in Mstec Krlov (d. 1794)

Dec 20 1774

Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes French composer & guitarist born in Paris France

Dec 20 1786

Pietro Raimondi Italian composer born in Rome Italy (d. 1853)

Dec 20 1792

Nicolas Charlet French painter born in Paris France (d. 1845)

Dec 20 1807

Richard Lucian Page US Navy officer (Confederate Army) born in Clarke County Virginia (d. 1901)

Dec 20 1808

Thomas Tinsley Craven Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1887)

Dec 20 1809

Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt German composer born in Oldisleben Germany (d. 1858)

Dec 20 1812

Achille Peri Italian composer & conductor born in Reggio Emilia Italy (d. 1880)

Dec 20 1813

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood American politician (Gov-Iowa)US Sect of Interior (1881-82) born in Harford Country Maryland (d. 1894)

Dec 20 1819

John Geary American lawyer & politician (1st SF postmaster 1st mayor) born in Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania (d. 1873)

Dec 20 1825

Romeyn Beck Ayres American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Manheim New York (d. 1888)

Dec 20 1833

Samuel Mudd American physician (imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth) born in Charles Country Maryland (d. )

Dec 20 1838

Edwin Abbott Abbott English schoolmaster & theologian (Flatland) born in Marylebone United Kingdom (d. 1926)

Dec 20 1841

Ferdinand Buisson French academic & pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1927) born in Paris France (d. 1932)

Dec 20 1858

Jan Toorop Dutch-Indonesian painter (3 Brides) born in Purworejo Regency Indonesia (d. 1928)

Dec 20 1859

Antonius Derkinderen Dutch painter & artist born in s-Hertogenbosch Netherlands (d. 1925)

Dec 20 1860

Dan Leno [George Wild Galvin] English comedian & stage actor born in Somers Town London (d. 1904)

Dec 20 1861

Ivana Kobilca Slovenian painter born in Ljubljana Slovenia (d. 1926)

Dec 20 1865

Maud Gonne English-born Irish revolutionary born in Tongham United Kingdom (d. 1953)

Dec 20 1865

Elsie De Wolfe American socialite and interior decorator born in New York City New York (d. 1950)

Dec 20 1867

Fini Henriques Danish composer & violinist born in Copenhagen Denmark

Dec 20 1869

Charley Grapewin American actor (The Wizard of Oz Libeled Lady) born in Xenia Ohio (d. 1956)

Dec 20 1046 Synod of Sutri German King Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI

Dec 20 1046 Benedictus IX & Silvester III & names Bishop Siutger Pope Clemens II at the Council of Sutri

Dec 20 1448 Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt Bishop of Utrecht as cardinal

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