| 144841 | December 24 | Death | 2009 – Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (b. 1933) |
| 144842 | December 24 | Death | 2010 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926) |
| 144843 | December 24 | Death | 2010 – Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922) |
| 144844 | December 24 | Death | 2010 – Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938) |
| 144845 | December 24 | Death | 2010 – Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930) |
| 144846 | December 24 | Death | 2011 – Ben Breedlove, American blogger (b. 1993) |
| 144847 | December 24 | Death | 2011 – Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (b. 1903) |
| 144848 | December 24 | Death | 2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936) |
| 144849 | December 24 | Death | 2012 – Ray Collins, American singer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1936) |
| 144850 | December 24 | Death | 2012 – Charles Durning, American actor and singer (b. 1923) |
| 144851 | December 24 | Death | 2012 – Jack Klugman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 144852 | December 24 | Death | 2012 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (b. 1954) |
| 144853 | December 24 | Death | 2012 – Capital Steez, American rapper (Pro Era) (b. 1993) |
| 144854 | December 24 | Death | 2013 – Rex Armistead, American police officer (b. 1930) |
| 144855 | December 24 | Death | 2013 – Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
| 144856 | December 24 | Death | 2013 – Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923) |
| 144857 | December 24 | Death | 2013 – John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938) |
| 144858 | December 24 | Death | 2013 – Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946) |
| 144859 | December 24 | Death | 2014 – Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (b. 1923) |
| 144860 | December 24 | Death | 2014 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944) |
| 144861 | December 24 | Death | 2014 – Herbert Harris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926) |
| 144862 | December 24 | Death | 2014 – Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1953) |
| 144863 | December 24 | Death | 2014 – Barry Williams, English spree killer (b. 1944) |
| 144864 | December 24 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Adela and IrminaPaola Elisabetta CerioliDecember 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
| 144865 | December 24 | Holiday and observance | Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)Nittel Nacht (certain |
| 144866 | December 24 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day (Libya) |
| 144867 | December 25 | Event | 333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar. |
| 144868 | December 25 | Event | 336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome. |
| 144869 | December 25 | Event | 350 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension. |
| 144870 | December 25 | Event | 496 – Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius. |