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Acontecimientos
- 36Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.
- 274A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian.
- 333Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
- 336First documented sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
- 350Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his imperial title. Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.
- 508Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
- 597Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.
- 800The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
- 820Eastern Emperor Leo V is murdered in a church of the Great Palace of Constantinople by followers of Michael II.
- 1000The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
- 1013Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England.
- 1025Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
- 1046Henry III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
- 1066William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
- 1076Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.
- 1100Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
- 1130Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.
- 1261Eleven-year-old John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.
- 1356Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, promulgates the Golden Bull, a constitution for his empire.
- 1492The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
- 1553Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1559Pope Pius IV is elected, four months after his predecessor's death.
- 1724J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.
- 1725J. S. Bach leads the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing.
- 1758Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
- 1766Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
- 1776American Revolutionary War: General George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
- 1793Northwest Indian War: General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.
- 1809Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
- 1814Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
- 1815The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
- 1826The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
- 1831The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of Jamaica's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.
- 1837Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
- 1868Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.
- 1870Wagner's Siegfried Idyll is first performed.
- 1913Disfellowshipped Adventist lay preacher Felix Manalo begins the new religious movement known as the Iglesia ni Cristo with the baptism of its first members.
- 1914World War I: A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
- 1915The National Protection War breaks out against the Empire of China, as military leaders Cai E and Tang Jiyao proclaim the independence of Yunnan and begin a campaign to restore the Republic.
- 1927B. R. Ambedkar and his followers burn copies of the Manusmriti in Mahad, Maharashtra, to protest its treatment of Dalit people.
- 1932A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
- 1941Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17, arrives at Pearl Harbor.
- 1941World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
- 1941Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
- 1946The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
- 1950The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
- 1951A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.
- 1962The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1963Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
- 1968Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
- 1968Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
- 1971A fire at the Daeyeonggak Hotel in Seoul, South Korea kills 164 people.
- 1976EgyptAir Flight 864, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.
- 1977Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
- 1986Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people.
- 1989Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
- 1991Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
- 1996The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.
- 1999Cubana de Aviación Flight 310, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Bejuma, Carabobo State, Venezuela, killing 22 people.
- 2003UTA Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.
- 2003The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
- 2004The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
- 2007A Siberian tiger named Tatania escapes her exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three people, killing one and injuring two more.
- 2012An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
- 2012Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to Heho Airport in Heho, Myanmar, killing two people.
- 2016A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.
- 2019Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines.
- 2020An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
- 2021The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
- 2024Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of its occupants.
Nacimientos
- 1250John IV Laskaris, Byzantine emperor (died 1305)
- 1281Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (died 1348)
- 1400John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487)
- 1424Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (died 1445)
- 1461Christina of Saxony, Queen consort of Denmark (died 1521)
- 1490Francesco Marinoni, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1562)
- 1493Antoinette de Bourbon, French noblewoman (died 1583) las demás fuentes: 25 dic 1494
- 1505Christine of Saxony, German noblewoman (died 1549)
- 1564Johannes Buxtorf, German Calvinist theologian (died 1629) juliano y gregoriano
- 1583Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (died 1625)
- 1584Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (died 1611)
- 1601Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (died 1675)
- 1628Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (died 1707)
- 1642Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (died 1727) juliano y gregoriano
- 1652Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (died 1713)
- 1665Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (died 1746)
- 1674Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (died 1712)
- 1686Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (died 1763)
- 1700Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1758)
- 1711Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (died 1772)
- 1716Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (died 1774)
- 1717Pope Pius VI (died 1799)
- 1728Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1804)
- 1730Filippo Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (died 1816)
- 1745Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1799)
- 1757Benjamin Pierce, American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1839)
- 1766Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist preacher (died 1838)
- 1771Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and poet (died 1855)
- 1776Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish author and poet (died 1859) fecha discutida
- 1810L. L. Langstroth, American apiarist, clergyman and teacher (died 1895)
- 1821Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross (died 1912)
- 1825Stephen F. Chadwick, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon (died 1895)
- 1829Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer and bandleader (died 1892)
- 1856Pud Galvin, American baseball player and manager (died 1902)
- 1861Francis Henry Buzzacott, American hunter, explorer and army scout famous for writing Buzzacott's Masterpiece (died 1947)
- 1861Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1946)
- 1865Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (died 1950)
- 1869Charles Finger, English-American journalist and author (died 1941)
- 1872Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1965)
- 1873Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (died 1959)
- 1874Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (died 1944)
- 1875Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest (died 1941)
- 1875Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (died 1955)
- 1876Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (died 1948)
- 1876Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
- 1878Louis Chevrolet, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet (died 1941)
- 1878Noël, Countess of Rothes, British philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (died 1956)
- 1878Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer (died 1961)
- 1883Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (died 1975)
- 1883Hana Meisel, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician (died 1972)
- 1884Samuel Berger, American boxer (died 1925)
- 1884Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress (died 1967)
- 1886Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist (died 1918)
- 1886Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader (died 1973)
- 1887Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur (died 1979)
- 1889Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (died 1984)
- 1890Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (died 1987)
- 1891Kenneth Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1959)
- 1891Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (died 1980)
- 1899Humphrey Bogart, American actor (died 1957)
- 1901Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (died 2004)
- 1902William Bell, American tuba player and educator (died 1971)
- 1902Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1969)
- 1903Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (died 1981)
- 1904Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
- 1904Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (died 1994)
- 1906Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer (died 1998) juliano y gregoriano
- 1906Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
- 1907Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (died 1994)
- 1907Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (died 1990)
- 1907Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (died 1988)
- 1908Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator (died 1999)
- 1908Ernest L. Massad, American general (died 1993)
- 1908Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (died 2001)
- 1909Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (died 1996)
- 1911Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (died 2010)
- 1913Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor (died 1999)
- 1913Tony Martin, American singer (died 2012)
- 1914James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman (died 2007)
- 1914Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (died 1970)
- 1915Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer (died 2011)
- 1916Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (died 2012)
- 1917Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (died 2019)
- 1917Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (died 2009)
- 1919Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (died 2006)
- 1919Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (died 1999)
- 1919Noele Gordon, English actress (died 1985)
- 1921Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (died 2000) fecha discutida
- 1921Steve Otto, Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
- 1922William Demby, American author (died 2013)
- 1923René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (died 2015)
- 1923Louis Lane, American conductor and educator (died 2016)
- 1924Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (died 1975)
- 1924Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (died 2018)
- 1925Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (died 1998)
- 1925Ned Garver, American baseball player (died 2017)
- 1925Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (died 2007) fecha discutida
- 1926Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (died 1987)
- 1927Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (died 1975)
- 1927Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player (died 2024)
- 1928Irish McCalla, American actress and model (died 2002)
- 1928Dick Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2019)
- 1929Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (died 2013)
- 1929China Machado, Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, editor and television producer (died 2016)
- 1929Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (died 1976)
- 1930Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach (died 2021)
- 1930Armenak Alachachian, Armenian basketball player and coach (died 2017)
- 1930Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician (died 2005)
- 1932Mabel King, American actress and singer (died 1999)
- 1933Basil Heatley, English runner (died 2019)
- 1935Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (died 2020)
- 1935Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (died 2009)
- 1935Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American educator and politician (died 2007)
- 1936Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
- 1936Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (died 2005)
- 1937Maung Aye, Burmese military officer
- 1937O'Kelly Isley Jr., American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (died 1986)
- 1938Duane Armstrong, American painter
- 1938Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
- 1939Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician
- 1939Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1939Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (died 2013)
- 1940Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author
- 1941Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic
- 1942Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach
- 1942Barbara Follett, English politician
- 1942Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
- 1942Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2010)
- 1943Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
- 1943Ravish Malhotra, Indian pilot and military officer
- 1943Eve Pollard, English journalist and author
- 1943Hanna Schygulla, German actress
- 1943Jacqui McShee, English singer
- 1944Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster (died 1995)
- 1944Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1944Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)
- 1945Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer
- 1945Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1945Noel Redding, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2003)
- 1945Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
- 1946Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2023)
- 1948Merry Clayton, American singer and actress
- 1948Kay Hymowitz, American sociologist and writer
- 1948Barbara Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1948Joel Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1949Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer
- 1949Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 1950Peter Boardman, English mountaineer and author (died 1982)
- 1950Karl Rove, American political strategist and activist
- 1950Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
- 1951Warren Robinett, American video game designer
- 1952Tolossa Kotu, Ethiopian runner and coach
- 1952Desireless, French singer and songwriter
- 1953Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner
- 1954Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1957Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
- 1957Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1958Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer
- 1958Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
- 1958Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1959Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
- 1959Ramdas Athawale, Indian poet and politician
- 1961Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician
- 1961Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite, former owner of the TerraMar Project, and sex offender.
- 1962Francis Dunnery, English musician
- 1964Ian Bostridge, English tenor
- 1964Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1964Bob Stanley, British musician and writer
- 1965Ed Davey, English politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
- 1965Dmitri Mironov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1965David Rath, Czech physician and politician
- 1966Toshi Arai, Japanese race car driver
- 1967Andreas Haitzer, Austrian politician
- 1967Jason Thirsk, American bass player (died 1996)
- 1968Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
- 1969Nicolas Godin, French musician
- 1969Noel Goldthorpe, Australian rugby league player
- 1969Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner
- 1970Emmanuel Amunike, Nigerian footballer and manager
- 1970Rodney Dent, American basketball player
- 1971Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
- 1972Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner
- 1973Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach
- 1973Chris Harris, American wrestler
- 1973Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1973Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director
- 1975Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
- 1975Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
- 1975Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
- 1976Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1976Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
- 1976Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer
- 1977Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer
- 1977Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer (died 2024)
- 1978Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer
- 1978Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager
- 1978Jeremy Strong, American actor
- 1979Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter
- 1979Laurent Bonnart, French footballer
- 1979Robert Huff, English race car driver
- 1979Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer
- 1980Laura Sadler, English actress (died 2003)
- 1980Marcus Trufant, American football player
- 1981Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model
- 1981Camille Herron, American ultramarathon runner
- 1981Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer
- 1981Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player
- 1982Shawn Andrews, American football player
- 1982Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
- 1982Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer las demás fuentes: 25 dic 1977
- 1982Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1984Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
- 1984Alastair Cook, English cricketer
- 1984Chris Richard, American basketball player
- 1985Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
- 1985Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
- 1985Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukrainian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1987Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
- 1987Demaryius Thomas, American football player (died 2021)
- 1988Eric Gordon, American basketball player
- 1988Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
- 1988Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1991Avu-chan, Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer
- 1992Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1993Emi Takei, Japanese actress, fashion model and singer
- 1996Emiliano Buendía, Argentine footballer
- 1999Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model
- 2000Wilfried Singo, Ivorian footballer
Fallecimientos
- 304Saint Anastasia
- 795Pope Adrian I
- 820Emperor Leo V
- 936Zhang Jingda, general of Later Tang
- 940Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general
- 1147Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (born )
- 1156Peter the Venerable, French abbot and saint (born 1092)
- 1156Sverker the Elder, king of Sweden
- 1294Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
- 1395Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel, Swiss ruler
- 1406Henry III of Castile (born 1379)
- 1505George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1454)
- 1553Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (born 1500)
- 1634Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (born 1543)
- 1635Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (born 1567)
- 1676William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (born 1592)
- 1676Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1609)
- 1683Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1634)
- 1708Jørgen Thormøhlen, German-Norwegian merchant (born c.1640)
- 1730Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (born 1676)
- 1758James Hervey, English priest and author (born 1714)
- 1784Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (born 1716) las demás fuentes: 17 ene 1784
- 1796Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (born 1730)
- 1824Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (born 1764)
- 1824William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (born 1772)
- 1866Hayrullah Efendi, Ottoman physician, historian, and official (born 1818)
- 1868Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (born 1821)
- 1875Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (born 1851)
- 1880Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1828)
- 1916Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (born 1845)
- 1921Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (born 1853)
- 1925Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (born 1877)
- 1926Emperor Taishō of Japan (born 1879)
- 1928Miles Burke, American boxer (born 1885)
- 1930Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (born 1871)
- 1933Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (born 1859)
- 1935Paul Bourget, French author and critic (born 1852)
- 1938Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (born 1890)
- 1940Agnes Ayres, American actress (born 1898)
- 1941Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (born 1884)
- 1944George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (born 1909)
- 1946W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (born 1880)
- 1947Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (born 1886)
- 1949Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (born 1884)
- 1950Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (born 1903) fecha discutida
- 1952Margrethe Mather, American photographer (born 1886)
- 1953Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1865)
- 1953William Haselden, British cartoonist (born 1872)
- 1956Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (born 1878)
- 1957Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (born 1863)
- 1961Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (born 1888)
- 1961Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
- 1963Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (born 1896)
- 1970Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (born 1908)
- 1973İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (born 1884)
- 1973Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (born 1880)
- 1975Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (born 1881)
- 1975Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (born 1913)
- 1977Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (born 1889)
- 1979Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (born 1906)
- 1979Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (born 1932)
- 1980Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (born 1900)
- 1983Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1893)
- 1988Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (born 1909)
- 1988Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (born 1920)
- 1989Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (born 1904)
- 1989Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (born 1916)
- 1989Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (born 1918)
- 1989Betty Garde, American actress (born 1905)
- 1989Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1905)
- 1989Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
- 1989Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (born 1910)
- 1991Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (born 1929)
- 1992Monica Dickens, British-American nurse and author (born 1915)
- 1993Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (born 1899) las demás fuentes: 24 dic 1993
- 1994Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (born 1916)
- 1995Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (born 1906)
- 1995Dean Martin, American singer and actor (born 1917)
- 1995Chang Kee-ryo, Korean surgeon (born 1914)
- 1995Vincent Patriarca, Italian-American aviator and mercenary (born 1914)
- 1996Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (born 1928)
- 1997Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (born 1958)
- 1997Denver Pyle, American actor (born 1920)
- 1998John Pulman, English snooker player (born 1923)
- 2000Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1939)
- 2000Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (born 1908)
- 2001Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (born 1920)
- 2003Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (born 1929)
- 2004Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1940)
- 2005Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930)
- 2005Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician, 15th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1944)
- 2005Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1918)
- 2005Joseph Pararajasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, businessman, and politician (born 1934)
- 2006James Brown, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
- 2007Des Barrick, English cricketer (born 1927)
- 2007Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
- 2008Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (born 1927)
- 2009Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
- 2010Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (born 1922)
- 2011Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (born 1920)
- 2011Jim Sherwood, American saxophonist (born 1942)
- 2011Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (born 1932)
- 2012Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1940)
- 2012Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (born 1918)
- 2012Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (born 1935)
- 2012Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1959)
- 2012Şerafettin Elçi, Turkish lawyer, politician, government minister (born 1938)
- 2013Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (born 1961)
- 2013David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (born 1930)
- 2013Wayne Harrison, English footballer (born 1967)
- 2013Mike Hegan, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1942)
- 2013Lola Lange, Canadian rural feminist and appointee to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (born 1922)
- 2013Mel Mathay, Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (born 1932)
- 2014Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (born 1925)
- 2014Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (born 1935)
- 2014David Ryall, English actor (born 1935)
- 2015George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (born 1929)
- 2015Dorothy M. Murdock, American author and historian (born 1961)
- 2016Valery Khalilov, Russian military musician and composer (born 1952)
- 2016George Michael, British singer and songwriter (born 1963)
- 2016Vera Rubin, American astronomer (born 1928)
- 2017D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher (Philadelphia, Boston) (born 1929)
- 2018Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (born 1920)
- 2019Ari Behn, Norwegian writer (born 1972)
- 2020K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (born 1932)
- 2021Wayne Thiebaud, American artist (born 1920)
- 2022Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan footballer (born 1973)
- 2023Jim Breaks, British wrestler (born 1940)
- 2024Britt Allcroft, English writer (born 1943)
- 2024Bill Bergey, American football player (born 1945)
- 2024Jax Dane, American professional wrestler (born 1976)
- 2024M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1933)
- 2024Osamu Suzuki, Japanese businessman (born 1930)
Celebraciones
- Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. (Internationally observed)
- Children's Day (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo)
- Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)
- Constitution Day (Taiwan)
- Good Governance Day (India)
- Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
- Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)
Santoral
- Anastasia of Sirmium (Catholic Church)
- Stephen (Armenian Apostolic Church)
- December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)