Weddings & Divorces in History on October 4

Weddings in History

Henry VIII & Anne of Cleves

1539 English King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his 4th wife

  • 1767 Prince Willem V marries Prussian princess Wilhelmina
  • 1795 "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" poet Samuel Coleridge (22) marries Sarah Fricker in Bristol, England

William Wordsworth

1802 English romantic poet William Wordsworth (32) marries childhood friend Mary Hutchinson

Calvin Coolidge

1905 30th US President Calvin Coolidge (33) weds Grace Anna Goodhue (26) in Burlington, Vermont

Earl Warren

1925 Jurist Earl Warren (34) weds Nina Elisabeth Palmquist Meyers

Irène Joliot-Curie

1926 Chemist Irene Joliot-Curie (29) weds physicist Frédéric Joliot (26) in Paris, France

  • 1932 Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov marries Yelena Sergeyevna