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 December - 25.  

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  Death of James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714) on December - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60  

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

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 December - 25.  

1878  On this day in history anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies  

1880  Death of Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828) on this day in history.  

1883  On this day in history marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65  

1895  On this day in history 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  Death of St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845) on December - 25.  

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

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

1925  Sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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

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

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on December - 25.  

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

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  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)  

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

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