Famous Deaths In December - 25

0795  On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1249  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on December - 25.  

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 December - 25 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 December - 25.  

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

1758  Death of James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714) on December - 25.  

1761  On December - 25 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 December - 25 death of yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716)  

1788  On December - 25 john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40  

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

1895  On December - 25 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  On this day in history hans Huber, composer, dies at 69  

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

1925  On this day in history sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30  

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 December - 25.  

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 December - 25 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  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  On December - 25 birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized  

1587  On December - 25 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  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer