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

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 December - 25.  

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 December - 25.  

1824  On December - 25 barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60  

1842  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828)  

1883  On December - 25 marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65  

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

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 December - 25.  

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

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

1926  Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1935  On December - 25 death of paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)  

1936  Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68 on December - 25.  

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

1587  On December - 25 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  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)  

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

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer