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 this day in history.  

1156  On this day in history peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61  

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

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on this day in history.  

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed on December - 25.  

1758  On this day in history 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 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 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  On December - 25 bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76  

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

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  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  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  On December - 25 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  On this day in history yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47  

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  Death of Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1936  On December - 25 pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68  

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1250  On December - 25 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  On December - 25 birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)  

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on this day in history.  

1624  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)  

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

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