On December 20, history records 37 notable events, 187 famous births and 87 deaths, spanning the years 217 to 1915.
Events on this day include: Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, although Hippolytus of Rome is soon thereafter elected as a rival pope. (217); Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade. (1192).
Notable people born on December 20 include Oronce Finé (1494), Joseph ha-Kohen (1496), John III of Sweden (1537).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope Zephyrinus (217), Æthelbald of Wessex (860), Alfonso III of Asturias (910).
Events on 20 December 37
See all →Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, although Hippolytus of Rome is soon thereafter elected as a rival pope.
Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.
Siege of Rhodes: 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.
The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands
South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
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Birthdays on 20 December 187
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