Famous Deaths In December - 25

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

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 December - 25 peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies   

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

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 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  On this day in history antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79   

1784  On this day in history death of yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716)   

1788  On this day in history john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40   

1824  On this day in history barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60   

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

1848  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60 on December - 25.   

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  On December - 25 death of fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828)   

1883  Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1921  Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75   

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 December - 25.   

1933  On December - 25 death of francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859)   

1935  On this day in history death of paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)   

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

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  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

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

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

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