Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1797

Famous Weddings

  • Mar 29 Writer Mary Wollstonecraft marries philopher and journalist William Godwin
  • May 5 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi

HeartWedding of Interest

May 30 Abolitionist William Wilberforce (37) weds Barbara Spooner (25) at St Swithins Church in Walcot, Bath

Abolitionist William Wilberforce
Abolitionist
William Wilberforce

HeartWedding of Interest

Jul 26 US President John Quincy Adams (29) weds Louisa Johnson (22) at All Hallows Barking parish in London

6th US President John Quincy Adams
6th US President
John Quincy Adams