Famous Deaths In December - 25

0795  On December - 25 adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies  

0820  On this day in history 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  On December - 25 peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies  

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

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on December - 25.  

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on December - 25.  

1676  On this day in history death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)  

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

1758  On December - 25 death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)  

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

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

1784  On December - 25 death of yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716)  

1788  On December - 25 john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40  

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

1842  On this day in history bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76  

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

1868  On December - 25 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 this day in history.  

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 December - 25.  

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  On this day in history hans Huber, composer, dies at 69  

1922  On December - 25 alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75  

1925  Sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30 on December - 25.  

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

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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  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on this day in history.  

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.  

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

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.  

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.  

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