Famous Deaths In December - 25

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

0820  On this day in history death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered  

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on December - 25.  

1249  On December - 25 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  On December - 25 death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)  

1676  On December - 25 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 December - 25.  

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

1784  Death of Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716) on December - 25.  

1788  John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on December - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1868  Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies on this day in history.  

1875  On December - 25 death of young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)  

1878  Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on December - 25.  

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  Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32 on December - 25.  

1904  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1916  Death of St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845) on December - 25.  

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

1922  On December - 25 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  On December - 25 sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66  

1930  On this day in history harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65  

1933  On this day in history death of francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859)  

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

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  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.  

1583  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jose Ximenez, composer  

1624  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)  

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter  

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