Famous Deaths In December - 25

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1635  On December - 25 death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)  

1676  On this day in history 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  On December - 25 death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)  

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

1765  On this day in history 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  On December - 25 barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60  

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

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

1868  Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies on December - 25.  

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 December - 25.  

1880  Death of Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828) on December - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

1921  Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69 on December - 25.  

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

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

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

1927  On December - 25 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 December - 25 pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on this day in history.  

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on this day in history.