May 1

Weddings & Divorces in History on May 1

Weddings in History

1576 Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1840 Women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (24) weds fellow abolitionist Henry Brewster Stanton (34)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton — Women's Rights Activist and Abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton

William Tecumseh Sherman

1850 Soldier William Tecumseh Sherman (30) weds Eleanor Boyle Ewing in Washington, D.C.

William Tecumseh Sherman — Union General William Tecumseh Sherman

Ivan Pavlov

1881 Physiologist Ivan Pavlov (32) weds Seraphima Karchevskaya

Ivan Pavlov — Physiologist Ivan Pavlov

1884 "Poems of Passion" author Ella Wheeler Wilcox (33) weds Robert M. Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1929 American poet e.e (Edward Estlin) Cummings marries 2nd wife Anne Minnerly Barton

Wedding of Interest

1954 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (36) weds Imelda Romualdez (24) in a Catholic church

Imelda Marcos — First Lady and Politician Imelda Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos — 10th President of the Philippines and Dictator Ferdinand Marcos

Mobutu Sese Seko

1980 Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko (49) weds Bobi Ladawa

Mobutu Sese Seko — President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko

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