Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25
Saturday, 25 October 2025
0795 On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies 

0820 On this day in history 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 December - 25. 

1249 Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on this day in history. 

1513 Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 December - 25. 

1758 On this day in history death of james Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714) 

1761 On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 

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

1784 On this day in history 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 Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60 on December - 25. 

1842 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history. 

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

1868 Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies on December - 25. 

1875 On this day in history death of young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851) 

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 Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32 on December - 25. 

1904 On December - 25 per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 

1916 On December - 25 death of st. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845) 

1921 On this day in history 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 Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 on this day in history. 

1927 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 on December - 25. 

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 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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