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 this day in history.  

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

1530  On December - 25 babur, emperor of Delhi, dies  

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on December - 25.  

1676  On December - 25 death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)  

1683  On this day in history death of kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed  

1758  On December - 25 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 December - 25 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  Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60 on December - 25.  

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

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

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

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

1878  On December - 25 anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies  

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  On this day in history raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32  

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

1916  On December - 25 death of st. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845)  

1921  On December - 25 hans Huber, composer, dies at 69  

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

1925  On December - 25 sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30  

1926  On this day in history yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47  

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  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 this day in history.  

1936  Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)  

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

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on this day in history.  

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.  

1601  On this day in history birth of jose Ximenez, composer  

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

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

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