Famous Deaths In December - 25

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

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on this day in history.   

1156  On this day in history peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61   

1249  On this day in history peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies   

1513  On December - 25 johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

1530  On this day in history babur, emperor of Delhi, dies   

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on this day in history.   

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

1683  Death of Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 December - 25 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  Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30   

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 December - 25.   

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 December - 25.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1628  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

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