Famous Deaths In December - 25

0795  On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies  

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on December - 25.  

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on December - 25.  

1249  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on December - 25.  

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on December - 25.  

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on this day in history.  

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on December - 25.  

1676  Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

1683  Death of Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed on this day in history.  

1758  On December - 25 death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)  

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1761  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 on December - 25.  

1765  On December - 25 antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79  

1784  Death of Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716) on December - 25.  

1788  John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on December - 25.  

1824  On December - 25 barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60  

1842  On this day in history bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76  

1848  On this day in history johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60  

1868  On December - 25 linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies  

1875  Death of Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851) on this day in history.  

1878  Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on this day in history.  

1880  On December - 25 death of fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828)  

1883  Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65 on December - 25.  

1895  On this day in history raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32  

1904  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61  

1916  On December - 25 death of st. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845)  

1921  On December - 25 hans Huber, composer, dies at 69  

1922  On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75  

1925  On this day in history sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30  

1926  On this day in history yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47  

1927  Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 on December - 25.  

1930  Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1933  Death of Francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859) on December - 25.  

1935  On December - 25 death of paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)  

1936  Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.  

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on December - 25.  

1583  On this day in history birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized  

1587  On December - 25 birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)  

1601  On this day in history birth of jose Ximenez, composer  

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on December - 25.  

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.  

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer