Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/December 16

Births
 * 1714 – George Whitefield (Pembroke), American Methodist preacher
 * 1821 – Frederick William Cadogan (Oriel), barrister and politician
 * 1869 – Albert Pollard (Jesus), historian
 * 1897 – Jacobus Duminy, South African international cricketer
 * 1902 – Thomas Raikes, cricketer
 * 1913 – George Ignatieff, Russian-born Canadian diplomat
 * 1928 – Peter Nailor (Wadham), civil servant and academic
 * 1941 – Roger Wheeler (Hertford), Chief of the General Staff 1997–2000
 * 1949 – Heather Hallett (St Hugh's), Lady Justice of Appeal

Other events
 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell (Chancellor of the University) becomes Lord Protector.
 * 1957 – Feroz Khan Noon becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
 * 1993 – Kamisese Mara (Wadham) becomes President of Fiji.

Deaths
 * 1360 – Richard FitzRalph (Balliol), Archbishop of Armagh, Vice-Chancellor and Chancellor of the University
 * 1631 – Robert Bolton (Lincoln), clergyman and academic
 * 1687 – William Petty (Brasenose), economist
 * 1798 – Thomas Pennant (Oriel), Welsh naturalist and antiquary
 * 1811 – Charles Moss (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1807–1811
 * 1893 – Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss (Brasenose), rower and politician
 * 1897 – William Terriss (Jesus), actor
 * 1905 – Clement Courtenay Knollys (Magdalen), British colonial administrator
 * 1944 – Philip Guedalla (Balliol), barrister and biographer
 * 1952 – Ian Akers-Douglas, cricketer
 * 1977 – James Page (Jesus), Secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association
 * 1998 – Kenyon Jones (Jesus), Welsh international rugby player
 * 2005 – Anthony Barber, Baron Barber (Oriel), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970–1974