| 141811 | December 16 | Death | 1515 – Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453) |
| 141812 | December 16 | Death | 1598 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545) |
| 141813 | December 16 | Death | 1669 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608) |
| 141814 | December 16 | Death | 1687 – William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623) |
| 141815 | December 16 | Death | 1751 – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700) |
| 141816 | December 16 | Death | 1765 – Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian lieutenant and surveyor (b. 1741) |
| 141817 | December 16 | Death | 1774 – François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694) |
| 141818 | December 16 | Death | 1783 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699) |
| 141819 | December 16 | Death | 1783 – Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720) |
| 141820 | December 16 | Death | 1809 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755) |
| 141821 | December 16 | Death | 1859 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786) |
| 141822 | December 16 | Death | 1892 – Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810) |
| 141823 | December 16 | Death | 1897 – Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840) |
| 141824 | December 16 | Death | 1898 – Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832) |
| 141825 | December 16 | Death | 1914 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1832) |
| 141826 | December 16 | Death | 1917 – Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878) |
| 141827 | December 16 | Death | 1921 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835) |
| 141828 | December 16 | Death | 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865) |
| 141829 | December 16 | Death | 1925 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (b. 1854) |
| 141830 | December 16 | Death | 1928 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885) |
| 141831 | December 16 | Death | 1930 – Herman Lamm, German-American bank robber (b. 1890) |
| 141832 | December 16 | Death | 1935 – Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (b. 1905) |
| 141833 | December 16 | Death | 1936 – Frank Eugene, American photographer (b. 1865) |
| 141834 | December 16 | Death | 1940 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866) |
| 141835 | December 16 | Death | 1943 – George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892) |
| 141836 | December 16 | Death | 1944 – Betsie ten Boom, Dutch holocaust victim (b. 1885) |
| 141837 | December 16 | Death | 1945 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded the Fiat Automobile Company (b. 1866) |
| 141838 | December 16 | Death | 1945 – Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891) |
| 141839 | December 16 | Death | 1948 – Denham Fouts, American prostitute (b. 1914) |
| 141840 | December 16 | Death | 1949 – Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873) |