Famous Weddings
- 1816 English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (24) marries 2nd wife writer "Frankenstein" Mary Godwin (19) and daughter of early feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft
Rutherford B. Hayes
1852 Future US President Rutherford B. Hayes (30) weds teetotaler and abolitionist Lucy Webb (21)
John Singleton Mosby
1857 Confederate army cavalry battalion commander John S. Mosby (24) weds Pauline Clarke in Nashville
John Philip Sousa
1879 Composer John Philip Sousa (25) weds Jane van Middlesworth Bellis
José Rizal
1896 Filipino Nationalist Jose Rizal (35) weds girlfriend Josephine Bracken (20) before his execution in Fort Santiago, Manila
Honus Wagner
1916 MLB player Honus Wagner (42) weds Bessie Baine Smith (26) at St John's Church in Carnegie, Pennsylvania
- 1941 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach
Martin Scorsese
1975 Director Martin Scorsese (33) weds teacher and author Julia Cameron (27) in Libertyville, Illinois
Randy Savage
1984 Professional wrestling manager Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
Angela Merkel
1998 Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (44) weds quantum chemist Joachim Sauer (49) in Bonn, Germany
Clyde Drexler
1998 NBA player Clyde Drexler (36) weds attorney Gaynell Floyd; divorce in 2011
David Tennant
2011 Scottish actor David Tennant (40) weds actress Georgia Moffett (27), daughter of Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor, in London
Famous Divorces
Gregory Peck
1955 Actor Gregory Peck (39) divorces real estate broker Greta Kukkonen (44) after 13 years of marriage