Famous Deaths In December - 25

0795  On December - 25 adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies   

0820  On December - 25 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  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 this day in history.   

1758  On December - 25 death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)   

1761  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1824  Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1848  On December - 25 johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60   

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

1875  Death of Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851) on December - 25.   

1878  On this day in history anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies   

1880  Death of Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828) on December - 25.   

1883  On December - 25 marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65   

1895  On this day in history 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  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  Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 on December - 25.   

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

1926  Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 on December - 25.   

1927  Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1930  On December - 25 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  On this day in history pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On December - 25 birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)   

1583  On December - 25 birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

1601  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

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

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