| 141901 | December 16 | Death | 2013 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926) |
| 141902 | December 16 | Death | 2013 – Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951) |
| 141903 | December 16 | Death | 2013 – Zvi Yanai, Israeli publicist and philosopher (b. 1935) |
| 141904 | December 16 | Death | 2014 – Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 141905 | December 16 | Death | 2014 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) |
| 141906 | December 16 | Death | 2014 – Man Haron Monis, Iranian-Australian cleric (b. 1964) |
| 141907 | December 16 | Death | 2014 – Wendy Rene, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947) |
| 141908 | December 16 | Death | 2014 – Ernie Terrell, American boxer and singer (b. 1939) |
| 141909 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Adelaide of ItalyRalph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))December 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
| 141910 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | O Sapientia (Anglicanism) |
| 141911 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners (South Africa) |
| 141912 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | National Sports Day (Thailand) |
| 141913 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | Nine-day celebration of Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay where Jesus could be born begins (Hispanidad):The first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America)The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines) |
| 141914 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | Victory Day (Bangladesh) |
| 141915 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | Victory Day (India) |
| 141916 | December 16 | Holiday and observance | Republic Day (Kazakhstan) |
| 141917 | December 17 | Event | 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. |
| 141918 | December 17 | Event | 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. |
| 141919 | December 17 | Event | 920 – Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. |
| 141920 | December 17 | Event | 942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy. |
| 141921 | December 17 | Event | 1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. |
| 141922 | December 17 | Event | 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. |
| 141923 | December 17 | Event | 1583 – Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg. |
| 141924 | December 17 | Event | 1586 – Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan. |
| 141925 | December 17 | Event | 1600 – Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. |
| 141926 | December 17 | Event | 1651 – Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders. |
| 141927 | December 17 | Event | 1718 – War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain. |
| 141928 | December 17 | Event | 1777 – American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States. |
| 141929 | December 17 | Event | 1790 – Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone. |
| 141930 | December 17 | Event | 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System. |