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 December - 25.  

1156  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1676  Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

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  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  On December - 25 bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76  

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

1868  On December - 25 linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1880  On December - 25 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  Death of St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1926  On December - 25 yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47  

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 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  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 this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)  

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.  

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.  

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

1624  On this day in history 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 December - 25.