Famous Deaths In December - 25

0795  Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies on December - 25.  

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

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  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 this day in history death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)  

1761  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 on this day in history.  

1765  Antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79 on December - 25.  

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  On this day in history 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 December - 25 anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies  

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

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

1895  On December - 25 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32  

1904  On December - 25 per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61  

1916  Death of St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845) on this day in history.  

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

1926  Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 on December - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)  

1461  On this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)  

1583  On December - 25 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  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.  

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

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter  

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.