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 December - 25.   

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on December - 25.   

1249  On December - 25 peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies   

1513  On this day in history johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

1530  On December - 25 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 this day in history.   

1683  On December - 25 death of kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed   

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

1761  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 on December - 25.   

1765  Antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79 on December - 25.   

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 December - 25.   

1842  On this day in history bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76   

1848  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

1895  On December - 25 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32   

1904  On this day in history 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  On December - 25 sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30   

1926  On this day in history yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47   

1927  On December - 25 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  On this day in history death of paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)   

1936  On December - 25 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  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.   

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  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on this day in history.   

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