Famous Deaths In December - 25

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

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on this day in history.  

1156  On December - 25 peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61  

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

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 December - 25.  

1683  Death of Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed on December - 25.  

1758  Death of James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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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  Death of Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

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

1824  On December - 25 barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60  

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

1848  On this day in history johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60  

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

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 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  Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66  

1930  Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1935  Death of Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852) on December - 25.  

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 December - 25.  

1461  On December - 25 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  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 December - 25.  

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

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