Famous Deaths In December - 25

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

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

1156  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70  

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

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 this day in history.  

1683  On December - 25 death of kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed  

1758  Death of James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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1761  On December - 25 elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51  

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

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  On December - 25 bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76  

1848  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1875  Death of Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851) on December - 25.  

1878  On December - 25 anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies  

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

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 December - 25.  

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

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

1925  Sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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

1927  On this day in history sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66  

1930  On December - 25 harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65  

1933  On December - 25 death of francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859)  

1935  Death of Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

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

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on December - 25.  

1461  On December - 25 birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)  

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

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)  

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.  

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 this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer