Famous Weddings
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mar 29 Writer Mary Wollstonecraft marries philosopher and journalist William Godwin
- May 5 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
William Wilberforce
May 30 Abolitionist William Wilberforce (37) weds Barbara Spooner (25) at St Swithins Church in Walcot, Bath
John Quincy Adams
Jul 26 US President John Quincy Adams (29) weds Louisa Johnson (22) at All Hallows Barking parish in London