Famous Deaths In December - 25

0795  Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies on this day in history.  

0820  On December - 25 death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered  

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1249  On December - 25 peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies  

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on this day in history.  

1530  On December - 25 babur, emperor of Delhi, dies  

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on this day in history.  

1676  On December - 25 death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)  

1683  Death of Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed on December - 25.  

1758  Death of James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714) on December - 25.  

1761  On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51  

1765  Antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1848  On December - 25 johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60  

1868  Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies on this day in history.  

1875  On this day in history death of young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)  

1878  On this day in history anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies  

1880  Death of Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of st. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845)  

1921  Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1922  Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1930  Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65 on December - 25.  

1933  Death of Francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859) on this day in history.  

1935  Death of Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852) on December - 25.  

1936  On this day in history pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68  

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1250  On December - 25 birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)  

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

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.  

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.  

1601  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer  

1624  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)  

1628  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter  

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer