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

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

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

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

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 December - 25.   

1683  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40   

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

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  Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on December - 25.   

1880  Death of Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65   

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

1904  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 on December - 25.   

1916  On this day in history death of st. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845)   

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

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

1925  On December - 25 sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30   

1926  Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1927  On December - 25 sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66   

1930  Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65 on December - 25.   

1933  Death of Francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859) on this day in history.   

1935  On December - 25 death of paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)   

1936  On this day in history pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68   

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

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

1601  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer