Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25
Thursday, 15 January 2026
0795 Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies on December - 25. 

0820 On this day in history death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered 

1156 On December - 25 peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 

1249 Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on this day in history. 

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

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

1635 On this day in history death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) 

1676 Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on December - 25. 

1683 On this day in history death of kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed 

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 On December - 25 death of yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716) 

1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on this day in history. 

1824 Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60 on December - 25. 

1842 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76 on December - 25. 

1848 Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60 on December - 25. 

1868 On this day in history linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies 

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

1878 Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on December - 25. 

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

1883 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history. 

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

1904 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history. 

1916 Death of St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845) on December - 25. 

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

1922 Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 on December - 25. 

1925 On December - 25 sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30 

1926 On December - 25 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 December - 25. 

1933 On this day in history death of francesc Macià , Catalonian statesman (b. 1859) 

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

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

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