December 20

The twentieth day of December.
==Events==
* 69: Vespasian, a former general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor. Vespasian's son Titus continues the siege on Jerusalem.
* 1192: Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the crusade.
* 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.
* 2005: US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
==Births==
* 1566: Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
==Deaths==
* 217: Pope Zephyrinus
==Feast days==
===Roman Catholicism===
* Dominic of Silos
* O Clavis David (O key of David)
* Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
===Orthodox Church===
* Ignatius of Antioch
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