Famous Weddings
- 1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and Duke of Burgundy Charles the bold arrange the marriage of their children
George Eliot
1880 British novelist Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) (60) weds Scottish banker John Cross (40) at George's, London
Stan Laurel
1946 Comedian Stan Laurel (55) marries for the 5th time actress Ida Kitaeva (47)
Jayne Mansfield
1950 American student, and aspiring actress, Vera Jayne (Palmer) Peers (later known as Jayne Mansfield) (17) weds American student Paul Mansfield (20), in Fort Worth, Texas; divorce in 1958
Elizabeth Taylor
1950 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (18) marries for the 1st time to American hotel heir Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (23); divorce in 1951
Sean Connery
1975 Actor Sean Connery (44) weds Micheline Roquebrune in Casablanca
Yun Fat Chow
1987 Hong Kong actor Yun Fat Chow (31) weds second wife, Singaporean Jasmine Tan (26)
- 1997 "The X-Files" actor David Duchovny (36) weds actress Tea Leoni (31) in the garden of the Grace Church School
Billie Piper
2001 English actress-singer Billie Piper (18) weds British media mogul Chris Evans (35) at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce 2007
- 2006 "Coronation Street" actress Julia Haworth (26) weds Jon Wormald at St. Stephen's CE Church in Burnley, Lancashire
- 2006 "Scooter" techno rocker lead singer H.P. Baxxter (40) weds model Simone Mustert at Tremsbuttel Castle near Hamburg
- 2006 Duchess of Cornwall's daughter Laura Parker-Bowles (28) weds former Calvin Klein model Harry Lopes (28) at Church of Saint Cyriac in Lacock, Wiltshire
Brock Lesnar
2006 Former WWF Women's Champion Sable (38) weds IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (28) in Medina, Minnesota
- 2006 Race car driver "Champ Car World Series" two time winner Sebastien Bourdais (27) weds Claire Bagot at Cathedral Saint-Julien in Le Mans, France
- 2007 "The Fast and the Furious" actress Jordana Brewster (27) weds movie producer Andrew Form (38) in Bahamas
- 2016 Actress Kaitlin Doubleday (31) weds DJ Devin Lucien in an outdoor ceremony in Big Sur, California
- 2017 Country music singer Josh Gracin (36) weds partner Katie Weir in Nashville, Tennessee
- 2017 Olympic diver Tom Daley (23) weds Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black at Bovey Castle in Devon, England
Famous Divorces
Maggie Smith
1974 Actress Maggie Smith (39) divorces actor Robert Stephens (42) after 6 years of marriage
- 2006 "Dallas" actress Victoria Principal (56) divorces plastic surgeon Harry Glassman (63) due to irreconcilable differences after nearly 21 years of marriage
Kaley Cuoco
2016 Actress Kaley Cuoco and professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting divorce after 2 years of marriage
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Snake
Year of the Horse
Year of the Goat/Sheep
Year of the Monkey