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Births
- 1777 – Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (Christ Church), Governor of the Cape Colony
- 1807 – Thomas William Webb (Magdalen), priest and astronomer
- 1812 – Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (Christ Church), Governor-General of India
- 1849 – Charles Buller Heberden (Balliol), Principal of Brasenose College
- 1860 – Robert Braddell (Brasenose), barrister and politician in Northern Ireland
- 1862 – Henry Yule Oldham (Jesus), geographer
- 1888 – Robert Braddell, cricketer
- 1915 – Anthony Kershaw (Balliol), barrister and Conservative MP
- 1919 – John Grindrod (Queen's), Archbishop of Brisbane 1980–1989
- 1930 – David R. Harris, archaeologist
- 1948 – Kim Beazley (Balliol), Leader of the Australian Labor Party
- 1960 – Stephen Hester (Lady Margaret Hall), Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group
- 1979 – Gwyneth Glyn (Jesus), Welsh musician and poet
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Deaths
- 1710 – Henry Aldrich (Christ Church), Dean of Christ Church and architect
- 1716 – William Trumbull (St John's), lawyer and politician
- 1735 – Thomas Tanner (Queen's), Bishop of St Asaph 1732–1735
- 1776 – Francis Geary (Balliol), army officer
- 1887 – Alexander Heriot Mackonochie (Wadham), Anglican priest
- 1948 – Alfred Cochrane (Hertford), cricketer and writer
- 1948 – R. O. Morris (New College), composer and music professor
- 1952 – Francis Heiser (Jesus), Anglican priest and educator
- 1997 – Owen Barfield (Wadham), author and philosopher
- 2004 – Carsten Peter Thiede (Queen's), German biblical scholar
Other events
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