Famous Weddings
Joseph Banks
Mar 23 Botanist Joseph Banks (36) weds Dorothea Hugessen
Benedict Arnold
Apr 8 US Defector General Benedict Arnold (38) weds Peggy Shippen (18) at Shippen's townhouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joséphine de Beauharnais & Alexandre de Beauharnais
Dec 13 Joséphine de Beauharnais, future Empress of the French, marries her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, in Paris
