Weddings in History
Martin Luther
1525 Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
Alfred Tennyson
1850 Poet Alfred Tennyson (40) weds Emily Sellwood (36)
Frederick Law Olmsted
1859 Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (37) weds Mary Cleveland
Owen D. Young
1898 US diplomat Owen D. Young weds Josephine Sheldon Edmonds in Southbridge, Massachusetts