2015 Event Prince Charles shakes hands with Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party, which was formerly part of the militant Irish Republican Army; Prince Charles is the first member of the British royal family to meet him 2012 Event The world's oldest Charles Dickens film, dating from 1901, featuring a depiction of a Bleak House character, is rediscovered by the British Film Institute 2011 Event At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians 2011 Event The last surviving veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, dies in Charles Town, West Virginia at the age of 110 2010 Event Model Naomi Campbell confirms former President of Liberia Charles Taylor gave her diamonds she described as 'dirty looking stones' 2007 Death Charles Nelson Reilly, dies in Beverly Hills, California, of complications of pneumonia, at 76 2005 Event Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married 2004 Death Ray Charles, blues legend, Georgia on My Mind, dies at 73 2003 Death Charles Bronson, tough actor, Death Wish, dies at 81 2002 Death Charles Sheffield, science and science fiction writer, Starfire, dies at 67 2002 Death Charles Orville Whitley, Representative-D-North Carolina 1977 - 1987 2002 Death Charles Guggenheim, American Director 2001 Death Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist 2000 Death Charles Gray, actor, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies at 71 2000 Death Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist, Peanuts, dies at 77 1998 Event Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge 1997 Event 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB) 1997 Death Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer, dies at 91 1997 Death Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy, dies in Paris, at age 36, killed in a car crash 1997 Death Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack 1997 Death Charles Kuralt, news anchor for CBS Sunday Morning, dies at 62 1997 Death Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 1997 Death Bohumil Hrabal, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England, dies at 82 1997 Death Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95 1996 Death Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 1996 Death Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79 1996 Death Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39 1996 Death Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84 1996 Death Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58 1996 Death Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 1996 Death Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist, dies at 67 1996 Death Charles Daniels, archaeologist, dies at 63 1996 Event Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers 1996 Death Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at 83 1996 Death Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67 1996 Death Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier, dies at 95 1996 Death Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 1996 Death Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92 1996 Death Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1996 Death Walter Charles Marshall, scientist, dies at 63 1996 Death Charles O Finley, baseball owner for the Oakland A's, dies at 76 1996 Death Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47 1996 Death Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80 1996 Death Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist, dies at 83 1996 Death Richard Charles Cobb, historian, dies at 78 1995 Event Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce 1995 Death Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 1995 Death Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106 1995 Event Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview 1995 Death Charles Scribner, Jr., publisher, dies at 74 1995 Death Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88 1995 Death Charles William Hutton, architect, dies at 90 1995 Death Charles Denner, actor (Mado, Stella, Z, Landru), dies at 69 1995 Death Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club Owner, dies at 93 1995 Death Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80 1995 Death Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66 1995 Death Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 Death Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85 1995 Death Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95 1995 Death Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand vs. Australia 1946), dies 1995 Death Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74 1995 Death Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54 1994 Death Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 1994 Death Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies 1994 Death Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81 1994 Death Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/Choreographer, dies at 88 1994 Death Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67 1994 Death Charles A. Beckwith, American Soldier 1994 Death Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero, dies at 75 1994 Event Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman 1994 Death Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73 1994 Death Charles Bukowski, author and poet, dies of leukemia at 73 1994 Event Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia 1994 Death Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball President (National League), dies at 72 1993 Death Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87 1993 Death Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68 1993 Death Charles Lamont, actor and director (Abbott and Costello movies), dies at 95 1993 Death Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80 1993 Death Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83 1993 Event Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives 1992 Death Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81 1992 Death Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies 1992 Event Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia 1992 Event Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns 1992 Event Beverly Hills 90210 Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs 1992 Death Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 1992 Death Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies 1991 Event Charles Keating, Jr. (Lincoln Savings and Loan fraud), found guilty 1991 Death Eric Carr, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss, dies of heart cancer at age 41 in New York 1991 Death John Kirckpatrick, U.S. musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies 1991 Death Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66 1991 Event Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7'10 " 1991 Death Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies 1991 Death Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 1990 Event Expos President Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman 1990 Event Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records 1990 Death Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82 1990 Event Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica 1990 Death Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89 1990 Death Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies 1990 Death Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82 1989 Event Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K Doe 1989 Death Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72 1989 Death Charles Lampkin, dies 1989 Death Charles Vanel, dies at 96 1989 Event Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison 1988 Death Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On), dies near London at 73 1988 Death Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76 1988 Death Charles Melvin Price, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1988 Event Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles 1988 Death Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 1987 Death Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 1987 Death Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84 1987 Event Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock 1987 Event Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon 1987 Death Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44 1986 Event Amy Alcott/Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship 1986 Death Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80 1986 Death Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91 1986 Death Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89 1986 Death Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies 1986 Event 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley) 1985 Death Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68 1985 Death Charles F Richter, U.S. seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 1985 Death Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist 1985 Death Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Captain Newman), dies at 53 1984 Birthday Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession 1984 Death Charles Whittenberg, composer, dies at 57 1984 Death Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer, dies at 63 1984 Event Suzette Charles, New Jersey, 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984 1984 Death Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 1983 Death J B Charles, Willem Nagel, Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83 1983 Death Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried 1983 Death Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies 1982 Death Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 1982 Death Charles Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71 1982 Death Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68 1981 Event Charles Fuller's "Soldier's Play," premieres in New York City 1981 Event American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel 1981 Event Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer 1981 Event Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow" 1981 Event Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer 1980 Death Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66 1980 Death Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66 1980 Death Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends and Associates), dies at 75 1980 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1979 Event 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) 1979 Death Lewis Charles, actor (Feather and Father Gang), dies at 59 1979 Death Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles 1979 Death Charles Clore, financier, dies 1979 Birthday Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater 1979 Death Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83 1979 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1979 Death Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 1979 Death Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack 1978 Event 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F. Vance 1978 Death Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78 1978 Death Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies at 86 1978 Death Charles Eames, U.S. chair manufacturer, dies at 71 1978 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) 1978 Event Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped 1978 Event Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland 1978 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1977 Death Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 1977 Death Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71 1977 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1976 Event King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath 1976 Death Charles Wilfred Orr, composer, dies at 82 1976 Death Charles Reznikoff, American Poet 1975 Death Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77 1975 Death Charles H Revson, U.S. cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 1975 Birthday Charles C Smith, NBA guard for the Miami Heat 1975 Death Charles Weidman, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies 1975 Death Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 1975 Death Charles McMahon, Jr., U.S. USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam 1975 Death Charles Marshall, dies 1975 Birthday Charles O'Bannon, NBA guard, Detroit Pistons 1974 Death Charles Quinlivan, actor (7 Guns to Mesa), dies at 50 1974 Event Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter 1974 Birthday Justin Whalin, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Jimmy-Lois and Clark, Charles in Charge 1974 Death Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72 1974 Death Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 1974 Event Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris 1974 Event Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris 1973 Death Charles G Abbot, U.S. astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 1973 Death Charles Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 1973 Birthday Charles Emanuel, safety for the Philadelphia Eagles 1972 Birthday Charles Way, NFL fullback for the New York Giants 1972 Death Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 1972 Death Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, body builder, dies at 79 1972 Death Charles J Correll, actor/voice (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 82 1972 Event Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon 1972 Event John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) 1972 Birthday Charlie Haas, born in Houston, Texas, Charles Doyle 'Charlie' Haas II, professional wrestler, wrestles for World Wrestling Entertainment, previously teamed with brother, Russ, on independent circuit, winning JAPW Tag Team Championship 1972 Birthday Nicole Eggert, born in Glendale California, actress, Charles in Charge, Baywatch 1972 Birthday Charles Johnson, NFL wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1971 Birthday Josh Charles, actor, Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown 1971 Event Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0) 1971 Birthday Charles Johnson, born in Fort Pierce, Florida, catcher, U.S. Olympics 1992, Marlins 1971 Death Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88 1971 Death Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 1971 Event Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) 1971 Birthday Charles Outlaw, NBA forward, Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic 1971 Event 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 1971 Death Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Gold Medals 1928, 1932 Olympics, dies at 74 1971 Death Charles W. Engelhard, U.S. silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54 1971 Event Charles Manson convicted of murder 1971 Event Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 1971 Event Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial 1970 Death Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champ (1962-64), dies 1970 Birthday Charles Hope, WLAF guard for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1970 Event Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton," premieres 1970 Death Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 1970 Birthday Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1970 Death Charles De Gaulle, Leader 1970 Birthday Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback for the Scotland Claymores 1970 Birthday Hency Charles, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes 1970 Event Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 1970 Death Charles Paton, dies at 96 1970 Event Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released 1970 Event "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 23 performances 1970 Event "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 23 performances 1970 Death Charles Olson, American Poet 1970 Event Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1969 Birthday Charles Mincy, NFL safety, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1969 Birthday Charles Jordan, wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins 1969 Death Charles Foulkes, Canada gen/honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66 1969 Death Charles Edison, American Businessman 1969 Event Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales 1969 Event Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1969 Event Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in New York City 1969 Event Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France 1969 Death Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82 1969 Death Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84 1968 Birthday Daedra Charles, WNBA forward and center for the Los Angeles Sparks 1968 Death Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Birthday Charles Anthony, CFL defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts 1968 Event Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina 1968 Birthday Charles McRae, NFL guard and tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1968 Birthday Charles Gordon, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes 1968 Death Charles W. Mayo, U.S. surgeon, dies at 70 1968 Birthday Charles Wilson, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets 1968 Death Charles K Feldman, Gould, producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 1967 Birthday Charles Christopher Rymer, Cleveland, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1995 Shell-3rd 1967 Death Charles Bickford, actor (Johnny Belinda, Virginian), dies at 78 1967 Death Charles Trowbridge, actor (Mummy's Hand), dies at 85 1967 Birthday Charles Ogletree, Greenville, North Carolina, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996 1967 Event Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly 1967 Death Charles Darrow, U.S. inventor of Monopoly, dies 1967 Event Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!' 1967 Birthday Charles Nagy, Fairfield, Connecticut, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1967 Birthday Charles Evans, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings 1967 Death Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49 1966 Death Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer 1966 Event Gemini XI (Charles Conrad and R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight 1966 Death Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 1966 Event Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead 1966 Event Former marine Charles Whitman kills 13 and wounds 31 at University of Texas 1966 Death Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1966 Event Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas 1966 Birthday Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' 1966 Death Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 1966 Birthday Charles Dimry, NFL cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles 1965 Death Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese, composer, dies at 81 1965 Event Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups 1965 Death Le Corbusier, Charles Jeanneret, Swiss/French architect, dies at 77 1965 Event Charles Ives' "From the Steeples and the Mountains," premieres 1965 Birthday Charles Smith, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs 1965 Birthday Michael Charles Brisky, Brownsville, Texas, PGA golfer, 1995 Buick-2nd 1965 Birthday Black Francis, Charles Thompson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pixies 1964 Birthday Charles Sinek, dance skater, & Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd 1964 Death Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70 1964 Death Charles Hodge, New York Univeristy professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69 1964 Death Charles O'Neill, composer, dies at 82 1964 Event Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon 1964 Birthday Earl Charles Spencer, Sandringham England, brother of Princess Diana 1964 Birthday Charles Haley, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys 1963 Birthday Charles Oakley, NBA forward for the New York Knicks 1963 Death Charles Seymour, American Historian 1963 Birthday Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor, Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II 1963 Birthday Suzette Charles, New Jersey, replaced Vanessa Williams as Miss America, 1983 1963 Birthday Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward, Phoenix, Rockets, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1962 Death Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 1962 Birthday Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, 1996 Olympics 1962 Event General Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1962 Death Charles "Lucky" Luciano, New York City Mafia gangster, dies at 65 1961 Birthday Mike Henneman, St. Charles, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers 1961 Birthday Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Captain USMC/astronaut 1961 Death Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman 1961 Death Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84 1961 Birthday Diana, Princess of Wales, born in Park House, England, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1961 Event John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris 1961 Event 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4 1960 Event Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1 1960 Birthday Scott Baio, Brooklyn, Joanie Loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, Zapped 1960 Event 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1960 Event Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres 1959 Death Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies 1959 Birthday Charles Grant, Winston Salem, North Carolina, actor, Another World 1959 Birthday Charles Kennedy, British Politician 1959 Event Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed 1959 Death Charles Delaney, dies at 67 1959 Death Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'equipe, dies at 66 1959 Death Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed 1959 Death Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58 1959 Event Charles de Gaulle forms French government 1959 Birthday Robin L Freeman, St. Charles, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Northern Telecom-3rd 1959 Birthday Charles Hendry, born in West Sussex, England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wealden 1959 Death Charles Halton, dies at 83 1959 Event Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic 1958 Event Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France 1958 Death Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82 1958 Death Charles Kettering, American Inventor 1958 Death Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies 1958 Death Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 1958 Event Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French 1958 Event Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France 1958 Event Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21" 1958 Event Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming 1958 Birthday Charles Waltz, rocker, Shooting Star 1958 Death Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 1957 Birthday Charles Grant, actor, Evan Frame-Another World, Bold and Beautiful 1957 Death Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies 1957 Birthday Mark Charles Wiebe, Seaside OR, PGA golfer, 1985 Anheuser-Busch 1957 Birthday Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 1957 Death Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk and Wagnalls), dies at 76 1957 Birthday Charles Jones, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets 1957 Birthday Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat 1956 Birthday Charles Moore, British editor-in-chief, Sunday Telegraph 1956 Event Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in New York City 1956 Death Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman 1956 Birthday Charles Fearing, rock guitarist, Raydio 1956 Death Charles Richards, Canadian Politician 1956 Birthday Charles Henry Beck, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1990 Buick Open 1992 1956 Death Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 1956 Birthday Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd 1956 Event Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1956 Death Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88 1956 Death Charles MacArthur, American Playwright 1956 Birthday Charles Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 1956 Death Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies 1955 Birthday Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut 1955 Event Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles 1955 Birthday Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 Birthday Charles J Precourt, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-55, 71, 84, sk:91 1955 Death Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77 1955 Birthday Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor, Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny 1954 Event Charles C. Diggs, Jr. elected Michigan's 1st black congressman 1954 Event Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1954 Event Charles Mahoney becomes 1st U.S. black to serve as a full United Nations delegate 1954 Birthday Charles T. Canady, born in Lakeland, Florida, Representative-R-Florida 1993 - 2001 1954 Event Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1954 Death Charles Edward Ives, U.S. composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79 1954 Death B. C. Forbes, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences', dies 1954 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A. Lindbergh and John Patrick 1954 Birthday Tina Charles, English Musician 1953 Event Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A 1953 Birthday Charles Martin Smith, Van Nuys California, actor, American Graffiti 1953 Birthday Jane Priest, born in Perth, Australia, Prince Charles' lover 1953 Event General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA 1953 Death Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92 1953 Birthday Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1952 Event 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing 1952 Event Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for hw boxing title 1952 Birthday Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut 1952 Death Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies 1952 Death Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59 1952 Death Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72 1952 Birthday Charles F. Bass, American Politician 1952 Birthday Charles Foster Bass, American Politician 1951 Birthday Charles de Lint, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow 1951 Birthday Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78 1951 Event Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1951 Death Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President 1951 Event Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title 1951 Birthday Charles S Dutton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc 1951 Birthday Charles S. Dutton, American Actor 1951 Event Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1950 Death Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83 1950 Event Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title 1950 Event Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1950 Birthday Charles Schumer, American Politician 1950 Event Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City for heavyweight boxing title 1950 Birthday Charles Fleischer, Washington D.C., comedian, Roger Rabbit 1950 Event Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title 1950 Event Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 1950 Birthday Eric Carr, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss 1950 Birthday Prairie Prince, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, born Charles L'Empereur Prince, rocker, drummer, member of The Tubes, founding member, Journey 1950 Death Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54 1950 Death Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 1950 Birthday Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist 1950 Birthday Billy Ocean, Leslie S Charles, Trinidad, singer, Caribbean Queen 1949 Event Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title 1949 Event Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1949 Event Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1949 Event Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title 1949 Birthday Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner, 1972 Olympic-silver 1949 Death Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 1948 Death Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61 1948 Birthday Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall 1948 Birthday Charles "Claydes" Smith, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, guitarist, Kool and The Gang 1948 Death Charles A. Beard, American Historian 1948 Birthday Charles David Walker, astronaut, STS-12 STS-16 STS-23 1948 Death Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1948 Death Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies 1948 Birthday Charles McCorquodale, art historian 1947 Birthday Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher 1947 Birthday Camilla Parker-Bowles, born in London, England, Prince Charles' lover 1947 Birthday Charles Hickcox, U.S., 200m/400m medley swimmer, Olympic-3 gold-1968 1946 Death Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer, dies at 65 1946 Event Charles S. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University 1946 Birthday Charles Dane, England, actor, Plenty, Jewel in the Crown 1946 Birthday Charles Dance, English Actor 1946 Event Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres 1946 Birthday Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60 1946 Birthday Mike Murdock, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, author, televangelist, pastor, Wisdom Center ministry, Fort Worth, Texas, hosts Wisdom Keys with Mick Murdock television program, mentored with Jimmie Swaggart, preached with Tammy Faye Bakker 1946 Event 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony 1945 Death Charles A Ellwood, U.S. sociologist/psychologist, dies at 72 1945 Birthday Walter Charles, born in East Strousberg, Pennsylvania, actor, Fletch Lives, Weeds 1945 Birthday Charles "Chuck" Jackson, U.S. singer, Playboy, Independents 1945 Death Charles Williams, English Editor 1945 Birthday Charles "Bubba" Smith, Texas, NFLer for the Baltimore Colts/actor, Police Academy 1945 Birthday Charles Amirkhanian, composer 1944 Birthday Charles Jay Hammer, actor, Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light 1944 Birthday Charles Lacy Veach, born in Chicago, Illinois, astronaut, STS-39, STS-52 1944 Birthday Charles Colbert, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, American Breed 1944 Birthday Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End 1944 Event General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles, France 1944 Birthday Charles Burnett, director, When it Rains, Glass Shield 1944 Birthday Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold 1944 Death Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1944 Birthday Charles Pasarell, tennis pro 1943 Death Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 1943 Death John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23 1943 Birthday Charles Hallahan, actor, Hunter 1943 Death Charles William Paddock, 100m runner, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics, dies at 42 1943 Event Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 1943 Birthday Charles Saatchi, English magnate, Saatchi and Saatchi 1943 Birthday Charles Haid, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Andy Renko-Hill St. Blues, Altered States 1943 Birthday Charles Ludlam, New York City, playwright/actor, Big Easy 1943 Birthday Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears-Spinning Wheel 1943 Birthday Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside 1943 Birthday Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast, STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49 1942 Birthday Charles Dodge, born in Ames, Iowa, composer, electronic music, computer music genres, studied with Gunther Schuller, Darius Milhaud 1942 Birthday Caroline Charles, fashion designer 1941 Birthday Charles Keating, born in London, England, actor, Carl Hutchins-Another World 1941 Event Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 1941 Death Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter, executed at 35 1941 Death Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies 1941 Birthday Charles Pashayan, Representative-R-California 1979 - 1991 1941 Death Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72 1940 Death Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies 1940 Birthday Ellen Travolta, Englewood, New Jersey, actress, Grease, Charles in Charge 1940 Birthday Tim Rose, born in Washington, D.C., born Timothy Alan Patrick Rose, singer, songwriter, guitarist, voice compared to Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1940 Event Clermont-Ferrand sentences General Charles de Gaulle to death 1940 Event General Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers 1940 Event General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill 1939 Death Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69 1939 Event German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1939 Death Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman 1939 Birthday Henson Moore, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1975 - 1987 1939 Birthday Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office 1939 Birthday Charles Rose, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1973 - 1997 1939 Birthday Charles Floyd Hatcher, born in Doerun, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1981 - 1993 1939 Birthday Joe Clark, Charles Joseph, P-C, 16th Canadian PM, 1979-80 1939 Birthday Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist, War 1939 Death Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 1939 Birthday Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1939 Birthday Charles Fuller, U.S. writer, Zooman, Soldier Story 1939 Birthday Charles Brown, Cin, Ohio, featherweight boxer 1964 Olympics bronze 1939 Event Charles Ives' 1st Sonate "Concord," premieres 1939 Birthday Charles Christopher Steel, composer 1939 Death Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1939 Death Charles Eastman, Sioux Author 1938 Birthday Charles Neville, U.S. rock vocalist/saxophonist, Neville Brothers 1938 Birthday Charles Starkwether, murderer, Texas Tower 1938 Birthday Charles Stenholm, born in Stamford, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 2005 1938 Birthday Charles Patrick, rocker, Monotones 1938 Birthday Alan Charles Downes, cameraman 1938 Birthday Charles Gwathmey, architect, 5 Architects 1938 Birthday Charles Wuorinen, New York City, composer, Pulitzer 1980 1938 Birthday Charles Simic, American Poet 1938 Birthday Charles Siebert, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, One Day at A Time, Trapper John 1937 Death Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68 1937 Birthday Charles Coody, born in Stamford, Texas, PGA golfer, 1971 Masters 1937 Birthday Charles W. Pickering, American Judge 1937 Birthday Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986 1937 Birthday Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1936 Birthday Charles G Fullerton, born in Rochester, New York, astronaut, STS-3, 51F 1936 Birthday Charles Dierkop, LaCrosse Wisconsin, actor, Det Pete Royster-Police Woman 1936 Birthday Charles Pope, U.S. soul singer, Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 1936 Birthday Charles Kimbrough, actor, Murphy Brown 1936 Death Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister 1918 - 1923, 1929 - 1933, dies 1936 Birthday Charles Napier, actor, Night Stalker, Rambo 1936 Birthday Bob Charles, born in Carterton, New Zealand, PGA golfer, 1963 Houston Open 1936 Event Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives 1936 Death Charles A Stoneham, President (New York Giants), dies 1935 Event Charles Darrow patents Monopoly 1935 Birthday Charles M. Duke, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brigadier General USAF and astronaut, Apollo 16 1935 Death Charles Lee Williams, composer, dies at 82 1935 Birthday Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp' 1935 Death Charles Shere, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp', dies 1935 Death Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74 1935 Birthday Charles Grodin, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid 1935 Birthday John Charles Eaton, composer 1935 Event Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags 1934 Birthday Charles Manson, No Name Maddox, Cin, Ohio, criminal, Tate-Labianco 1934 Death Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio 1934 Birthday Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Charles Kuralt, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, newscaster, On the Road 1934 Birthday James Charles Lehrer, Wichita, Kansas, news anchor, McNeil-Lehrer Report 1934 Birthday Charles Lamont Jenkins, New York City, 400m runner 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday Charles Grassley, American Politician 1933 Birthday Charles Wilson, born in Trinity, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1973 - 1996 1933 Birthday Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1933 Birthday Charles Johnson, born in Tacoma, Washington, born Charles W. Johnson, Justice Johnson, judge, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the State of Washington 1933 Birthday Charles Osgood, born in New York City, news anchor, CBS Weekend News 1932 Death Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist 1932 Event Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium 1932 Birthday Charles Dnaiels, archaeologist 1932 Birthday Charles Stanley, born in Dry Fork, Virginia, senior pastor, founder of In Touch Ministries, created globally syndicated religious broadcasts, appearing in 500 radio stations, 300 television stations, in 49 languages 1932 Death Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer, dies at 76 1932 Birthday Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh 1932 Event President Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention 1932 Event Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey 1932 Death Charles Fort, American Writer 1932 Birthday Charles Adkins, U.S., light welterweight boxer 1952 Olympics gold 1932 Event Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son 1932 Birthday Walter Charles Marshall, scientist 1932 Death Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67 1932 Event Charles Lindbergh, Jr. (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey 1931 Birthday Charles A. Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut 1931 Death Charles Buddy Bolden, U.S. jazz musician, dies 1931 Birthday Charles W. Colson, presidential adviser, Watergate figure 1931 Birthday Charles W. Colson, Public Servant 1931 Birthday Charles Camilleri, composer 1931 Birthday Charles Huxtable, General commander, English ground armies 1931 Birthday Charles Bronfman, CEO, Seagrams, Montreal Expos 1931 Birthday Charles M Wilson, composer 1931 Death Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76 1931 Death Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies 1931 Birthday Charles Nelson Reilly, born in New York, American actor, director, comedian, drama teacher, game show panelist 1930 Death Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 1930 Birthday Ray Charles, born in Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist 1930 Event Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia 1930 Birthday Charles Hambro, English banker/multi-millionaire/CEO, Hambros 1930 Birthday Charles Kelly, chief constable, Staffordshire England 1930 Birthday Charles B. Rangel, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1971 - 1930 Birthday Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., born in Philadelphia, USN/astronaut, Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2 1930 Event 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot 1930 Birthday Frederick Charles Tillis, composer 1929 Death Charles Goodnight, American Celebrity 1929 Death Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies 1929 Death Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies 1929 Birthday Charles Lyon, General-Secretary, Transport Salaried Staffs Association 1929 Birthday Charles Moore, born in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, 400m hurdler, Olympic-gold/silver-52 1929 Event Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch government 1929 Birthday Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center 1929 Event Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American Vice President 1929 Event 1st clean and jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402 lbs 1929 Birthday Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist 1929 Birthday John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist 1929 Birthday Charles A. Beckwith, American Soldier 1928 Birthday Charles Donald Adams, singer 1928 Birthday Raymond Henry Charles Warren, composer 1928 Birthday Charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor, Clay-Rawhide 1928 Event Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher 1928 Event Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane 1928 Event 1st U.S. to Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) 1928 Birthday Charles Louis Strouse, composer 1927 Event Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco 1927 Event Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour 1927 Birthday Charles Whittenberg, composer 1927 Birthday Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect, Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik 1927 Event Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles Lindbergh to New York City 1927 Event Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 1927 Birthday Charles Rosen, New York City, pianist/musicologist, Sonata Forms 1927 Death Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies 1927 Birthday Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet 1927 Birthday Charles Orville Whitley, born in Siler City, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1977 - 1987 1926 Event Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index 1926 Death Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies 1926 Death Charles William Elliot, President of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at 92 1926 Death Charles W. Eliot, American Educator 1926 Death Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1926 Death Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40 1926 Death Henry Charles Tonking, composer, dies at 63 1926 Birthday Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor, And Now My Love 1926 Birthday Charles Tidbury, former chairman, Whitbread and Company 1925 Birthday Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician 1925 Birthday Charles Mackerras, Schenectady, New York, Australian conductor 1925 Birthday Charles Haughey, Irish president, 1979-81, 82, 87-92 1925 Event No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Event 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6 1925 Death Charles Ebbets, Dodgers President, dies 1925 Birthday Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1925 Birthday Charles Aidman, Frankfort, Indiana, narrator, New Twilight Zone 1925 Event Franc B. Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State 1924 Birthday Charles Quinlivan, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 7 Guns to Mesa 1924 Birthday Charles Braswell, McKinney, Texas, entertainer 1924 Event Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1924 Birthday Charles Aznavour, Armenia, French singer, Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum 1924 Death Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82 1924 Birthday Charles Guggenheim, American Director 1924 Death Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71 1924 Death Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 1924 Event Charles Jewtraw, U.S. 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal 1923 Birthday Charles Keating, district attorney, Los Angeles, California 1923 Birthday Ladislav Fuks, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, novelist, psychological novels, involving despair, suffering, experience of Fascist rule, received doctorate at Charles University in Prague 1923 Event U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses U.S.S.R. recognition 1923 Birthday Charles Durning, Highland Falls, New York, actor, Fury, Sting, Tootsie 1923 Death Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 1923 Birthday Charles Russell Woolen, composer 1922 Event Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps 1922 Birthday Charles M Schulz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cartoonist, Peanuts 1922 Birthday Charles Schulz, Cartoonist 1922 Birthday Charles Evers, civil rights leader, Amazing Grace 1922 Birthday Charles Mathias, born in Frederick, Maryland, Representative-R-Maryland 1961 - 1969, Senator-R-Maryland, 1969 - 1987 1922 Event Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament 1922 Event Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1922 Birthday Charles Mingus, born in Arizona, jazz bassist, Pithecanthropus Erectus 1922 Death Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice, dies at 85 1922 Death Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies 1922 Death Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria 1921 Death Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86 1921 Birthday Charles Bronson, actor, Magnificent Seven, Dirty Dozen, Deathwish 1921 Event Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolates insulin at University of Toronto 1921 Birthday Charles Scribner, Jr., music publisher, Scribner 1921 Birthday Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1949-51 1921 Birthday Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer 1921 Birthday Charles van de Reve, slavic, Belief of Kameraden 1921 Event 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2 1921 Event Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 seconds) 1921 Birthday Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher 1921 Birthday Charles Gaupp, German/Dutch painter 1920 Birthday Charles Bronson, Buchinsky, Penns, actor, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen 1920 Birthday Lewis Charles, New York City, actor, Feather and Father Gang 1920 Birthday Charles White, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Airpot 95, Serpico 1920 Birthday Charles Bukowski, Andernach Germany, U.S. writer, Hollywood: A Novel 1920 Death Charles Tomlinson Griffes, U.S. composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 1919 Death Charles Harford Lloyd, composer, dies on 70th birthday 1919 Birthday Charles H. Percy, born in Pensacola, Florida, Senator-R-Illinois 1967 - 1985 1919 Death Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician 1919 Birthday Charles Graham, lord-lt of Cumbria UK 1919 Birthday Charles Pringle, British air marshal 1919 Event Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster 1919 Event Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster 1919 Birthday Charles Palmer, cricketer, one Test 1955, later MCC president 1919 Birthday Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero 1919 Birthday Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1919 Event John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants 1918 Event Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates 1918 Death Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86 1918 Birthday Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor 1918 Birthday Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor, Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan 1918 Event 44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare, Jr. wins in 1:53.4 1918 Birthday Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers 1918 Birthday Charles O Finley, baseball team owner for the Oakland A's 1918 Birthday Charles Hayes, born in Cairo, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993 1918 Birthday Charles J "Tim" Holt, U.S. actor, Treasure of Sierra Madre 1917 Birthday Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer 1917 Death Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 1917 Birthday Charles Kerruish, president, Tyndwald Isle of Man 1917 Birthday Charles Collingwood, Michigan, news commentator, CBS, Chronicles 1917 Birthday Richard Charles Cobb, historian 1917 Birthday Charles Wintour, journalist 1917 Event 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6 1917 Death Charles E Barber, U.S. chief engraver (1879-1917), dies 1917 Death Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60 1916 Death Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58 1916 Death Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1916 Death Charles Fryatt, British Captain of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies 1915 Birthday Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1915 Death Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 1915 Birthday Charles Templeton, Canadian Cartoonist 1915 Birthday Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers 1915 Birthday Charles Rowe, cricketer, scored a pair in only Test, New Zealand vs. Australia 1946, 1915 Birthday Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar 1915 Death William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26 1915 Death Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania 1915 Birthday Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist 1915 Death Emil Waldteufel, Charles Levy, French composer (Estudiantina), dies 1915 Death Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 1914 Event 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) 1914 Birthday Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story 1914 Death William E. Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 1914 Death Charles Peguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41 1914 Death Charles Peguy, French Philosopher 1914 Event German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured 1914 Birthday Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player 1914 Birthday Charles McGraw, New York City, actor, Michael-Falcon, Smith Family 1914 Birthday Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1914 Birthday Charles Hubert Sisson, author and poet, Christopher Homm 1914 Death Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies 1914 Birthday Bohumil Hrabal, born in Brno-Zidenice, Moravia, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England 1914 Birthday Charles Borromeo Mills, composer 1913 Birthday Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general, ITA 1913 Birthday Charles Leonard, U.S., pentathelete, 1936 Olympics 1912 Birthday Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist 1912 Birthday Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist 1912 Birthday Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon 1912 Birthday Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist, Humanism et saintete 1912 Birthday Charles Addams, cartoonist, New Yorker, Addams Family 1911 Birthday Charles Walters, U.S., actor/choreographer/director, Easter parade 1911 Event Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma 1911 Birthday Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO, ASH 1911 Birthday Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, Tap 1911 Birthday Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison, James Bond films 1911 Birthday Charles Frank, physicist 1911 Birthday Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater 1936 Olympics gold 1911 Death Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 1911 Event Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1910 Birthday Charles Olson, American Poet 1910 Birthday J B Charles, Willem H Nagel, criminologist/writer 1910 Birthday Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor 1910 Death Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69 1910 Birthday Charles Crichton, British director, Battle of Sexes 1910 Birthday Charles Spry, Australian security chief 1910 Birthday Charles Jones, composer 1910 Event Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia 1910 Birthday Charles Martin, cartoonist 1909 Death Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46 1909 Death Henry Charles Lea, American Historian 1909 Birthday Charles Wislon, principal, Glasgow University 1909 Death Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72 1909 Death Charles Conder, artist, dies 1908 Birthday Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy 1908 Death Charles Eliot Norton, American Writer 1908 Birthday Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author, Bestiari 1907 Birthday Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools 1907 Birthday Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario 1907 Birthday Charles Eames, American Designer 1907 Birthday Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power 1907 Event Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) 1907 Birthday Charles Boost, movie critic 1907 Birthday Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1907 Birthday Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor, Charles V 1907 Event Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. senator 1906 Event Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst 1906 Birthday Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer 1906 Event U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba 1906 Birthday Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife 1906 Birthday Charles Janssens, Belgium, actor, Mira, Malpertuis 1906 Birthday Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet and writer, Mirror of the Sea 1905 Birthday Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer 1905 Birthday Charles Cushing, composer 1905 Birthday Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1905 Birthday Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail 1905 Birthday Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter 1905 Birthday Charles William Hutton, architect 1905 Birthday Charles K. Feldman, Gould, New York City, producer, Casino Royale 1905 Birthday Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director, Evil Eye 1905 Birthday Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses Maatres 1905 Birthday Charles Lane, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show 1905 Event Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago 1905 Event Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara 1905 Birthday Charles Melvin Price, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1904 Death Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57 1904 Birthday Charles Pedersen, UK, biochemist, Nobel 1987 1904 Event Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City 1904 Event Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football 1904 Birthday Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Wings 1904 Event Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo 1904 Birthday Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research 1904 Birthday Charles "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankee pitcher, hitter, 1930-46 1904 Birthday Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1904 Birthday Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer 1903 Death Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56 1903 Birthday Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine 1903 Birthday Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince 1903 Death Charles Ammi Cutter, U.S. bibliographer, dies at 66 1903 Death Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neo criticism), dies 1903 Birthday Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer 1903 Birthday Charles Foulkes, Canada, general 1902 Birthday Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, Claro Enigma 1902 Birthday Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner 1902 Death Charles Kendall Adams, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901, dies at age 67, in Redlands, California 1902 Birthday Charles W. J. Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor 1902 Birthday Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan, pilot, 1st fly solo across Atlantic 1901 Birthday Charles Huggins, Canada, U.S. physician 1901 Birthday Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher 1901 Birthday Francis Charles Chinester, yachtsman/aviator 1901 Birthday Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Massachusetts, actor, Vern-My Little Margie 1901 Birthday Charles Weidman, born in Nebraska, modern dancer and choreographer, Candide 1901 Death Charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87 1901 Birthday Charles H. Goren, bridge master, 26 U.S. Titles 1901 Birthday Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 1901 Death Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78 1900 Event Battle at Bothaville: general-major Charles Knox beats Boers 1900 Death Charles Dudley Warner, U.S. writer (As We Go), dies at 70 1900 Birthday Charles William Paddock, Texas, 100m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1920 1900 Birthday Charles Vidor, born in Budapest, Hungary, direct, Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl 1900 Birthday Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier 1900 Death Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53 1900 Birthday Charles Jewtraw, U.S., 500m speed skater 1924 Olympics gold 1900 Birthday Charles Richter, born in Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist, Richter scale 1900 Birthday Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist 1899 Birthday Charles Bennett, screenwriter 1899 Birthday Charles Laughton, born in England, actor, Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus 1899 Birthday Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer, Insulin 1899 Birthday Arthur Bryant, English historian, King Charles II 1898 Birthday Lionel Charles Robbins, Middlesex England, economist 1898 Death Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1898 Birthday Charles Haba, Czechoslovakian violinist and composer 1897 Birthday Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer 1897 Birthday Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor 1897 Birthday Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator 1896 Birthday Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, New York City Mafia gangster 1896 Death Charles Tupper, Prime Minister of Canada (C), dies 1896 Birthday Charles Glenn King, biochemist, discovered vitamin C 1896 Birthday Charles Butterworth, U.S., lawyer/actor, Mad Genius 1896 Birthday Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1896 Death E Rundle Charles, writer, dies 1896 Event 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" 1896 Birthday Charles A. L. Panzera, French baritone, L'horizon Chimerique 1896 Death Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 1895 Birthday Charles MacArthur, American Playwright 1895 Death Charles Halle, British pianist, dies 1895 Death Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76 1895 Birthday Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian 1895 Birthday Charles W. Bidwill, Sr., Chicago, NFL hall of famer, Chicago Cardinals 1895 Death Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1895 Event Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile 1895 Birthday Charles Lamont, born in San Francisco, California, director, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1894 Death Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1894 Birthday Charles Hodge, California, New York University professor, Answers for Americans 1894 Birthday Charles Reznikoff, American Poet 1894 Birthday Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor, Iron Tower 1894 Birthday Charles Meredith, Knoxville, Pennsylvania, actor, Court of Last Resort 1894 Death William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57 1894 Death Charles Bowen, English Judge 1894 Event Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit 1894 Birthday Charles Morgan, England, writer, Fountain 1893 Birthday Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, U.S., bodybuilder 1893 Death Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75 1893 Death Charles Gounod, French Composer 1893 Birthday Charles II, King of Romania, 1930-40 1893 Birthday Charles Wilfred Orr, composer 1892 Death Charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75 1892 Birthday Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear 1892 Birthday Charles Delaney, New York City, actor, Air Police, Lonesome Trail 1892 Event Charles A. Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator 1892 Birthday Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery 1892 Event Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer 1892 Event Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) 1892 Death Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman 1892 Birthday Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer 1892 Death Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62 1891 Death Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland 1891 Death Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 1891 Death Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician 1891 Birthday Charles Munch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor, French Legion D'Honeur 1891 Death Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 1890 Birthday Charles de Gaulle, Lille France, premier of France 1890 Birthday Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, President of France, 1958-69 1890 Birthday Charles Edison, American Businessman 1890 Birthday Charles Wilson, President of General Motors, 1940 - 1953, Secretary of Defense, 1953 - 1957 1890 Birthday Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman 1890 Death John Charles Fremont, American Soldier 1890 Birthday Charles [Andy] Correll, Peoria, Illinois, actor, Calvin and Colonel 1889 Death Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1889 Birthday Buck Jones, Charles F Gebhart, U.S. actor, War Horse 1889 Birthday Charles Boyer, France, actor, Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park 1889 Birthday John Charles Reith, 1st Baron Reith, 1st director-general BBC, 1927-38 1889 Birthday Charles Kellaway, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder of 1920's 1889 Birthday Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher 1889 Birthday Charles Bickford, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, John-The Virginian 1888 Birthday William Charles Denis Browne, composer 1888 Death Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 1888 Event Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1887 Birthday Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' 1887 Event Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in U.S. (New York City) 1887 Birthday Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary, 1916-18 1887 Birthday Charles D. Brown, born in Iowa, actor, Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor 1887 Birthday Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great 1886 Birthday Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter 1886 Birthday Charles Williams, English Editor 1886 Birthday Charles Macartney, cricketer, Governor-General 1886 Birthday Charles Wood, composer 1885 Birthday Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman, born in Green Cove Springs, Florida 1885 Birthday Charles Carson, born in London, England, actor, Cry the Beloved Country 1885 Death Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General of Sudan, executed at 51 1885 Birthday Charles Seymour, American Historian 1884 Birthday Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira, New York, composer, White Peacock 1884 Birthday Charles Meldrum Daniels, born in Dayton, Ohio, swimmer, Olympics gold 1904, 08 1884 Death Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 1884 Birthday Charles Winninger, Athens Wisconsin, actor, Charlie Farrell Show 1884 Birthday Charles Dodd, English new testament authority 1884 Death Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54 1884 Event General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum 1884 Death Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet 1884 Event General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum 1883 Birthday Charles Maduro, Antillean composer 1883 Birthday Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame 1882 Birthday Charles Vildrac, Paris, France, poet/playwright 1882 Birthday Charles O'Neill, composer 1882 Death Charles J Guiteau, assassin (President Garfield), hanged 1882 Death Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist, Origin of Species', dies at 73 1882 Birthday Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor, Fatal Hour 1881 Birthday Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer 1881 Event Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination 1881 Event President Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker 1881 Birthday Charles Funk, born in Ohio, Encylopediest, Funk and Wagnalls 1880 Birthday B. C. Forbes, born in New Deer, Scotland, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences' 1879 Event Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo 1879 Birthday Charles Richards, Canadian Politician 1879 Death Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet 1879 Birthday Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer, Shelby, Ohio 1878 Death Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 1877 Birthday Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Ltd 1877 Birthday Charles Coburn, Macon, Georgia, actor, Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1877 Birthday Charles Cuvillier, composer 1877 Event Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 vs. Eng 1877 Birthday Charles Coburn, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Devil and Miss Jones 1876 Birthday Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor, auto self-starter 1876 Birthday Charles Kettering, American Inventor 1876 Event Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan 1876 Birthday Charles Halton, born in Washington D.C., actor, Dr. Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1876 Death Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 1876 Death Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 1875 Death Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 1875 Death Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 1875 Event Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris 1875 Birthday Charles Rist, French economist 1874 Birthday Charles A. Beard, American Historian 1874 Birthday Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step 1874 Event Mary Walsh and Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon 1874 Birthday Charles Fort, American Writer 1874 Event 1st U.S. kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000 1874 Death Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1873 Birthday Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Netherlands, 1918-25, 29-33 1873 Death Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 1873 Death Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 1873 Birthday Charles A. Ellwood, U.S., sociologist/psychologist 1873 Birthday Charles Pierre Peguy, Orleans Fr, Catholic writer, God Speaks 1873 Birthday Charles Peguy, French Philosopher 1872 Birthday Charles Blake Cochran, impresario 1872 Death Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies 1872 Birthday Charles G Abbot, U.S., astronomer, Constant Sun 1872 Birthday Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper 1871 Death Charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78 1871 Birthday Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore 1871 Death Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 1871 Birthday Charles Kortright, British cricket player 1870 Death Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 1870 Death Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58 1870 Birthday Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer 1869 Event Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer, Philadelphia 1869 Death Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 1869 Birthday Charles Wilson, English physicist, Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel 1869 Birthday Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer 1868 Death Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 1868 Birthday Charles Sanford Skilton, composer 1868 Birthday Charles R. Gallas, Dutch lexicographer, French dictionary 1868 Death [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 1867 Birthday Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl" 1867 Death [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46 1867 Death Charles Baudelaire, French Poet 1867 Death Charles Anthon, American Writer 1867 Birthday Charles Fabry, discoverer, ozone layer in upper atmosphere 1867 Death Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer 1867 Birthday Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles 1866 Birthday Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist 1866 Birthday Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928 1866 Birthday Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1866 Event Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer 1865 Birthday Charles Gates Dawes, R, 30th Vice President, 1925-29, Nobel 1925 1865 Birthday Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President 1865 Birthday Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic 1865 Birthday Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 1865 Birthday Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat, China 1865 Birthday Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer 1865 Death Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 1865 Birthday Charles Proteus Steinmetz, born in Germany, experiment with AC electricity 1865 Birthday Charles Bally, Swiss linguist, Le langage et la vie 1864 Death Charles Garrison Harker, U.S. Union-Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 26 1864 Birthday Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem 1863 Death Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 32 1863 Event Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn 1863 Birthday Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king, 1889-1908 1863 Birthday Charles Bordes, composer 1863 Birthday Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter 1863 Birthday Henry Charles Tonking, composer 1862 Birthday Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer, the "Terror" 1862 Death Charles Davis Jameson, U.S. Union Brigadier General (Fair Oaks), dies at 35 1862 Event Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt., however General Charles S. Winder is killed 1862 Death Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49 1862 Death Charles Ferguson Smith, U.S. Union General-Major, dies of infection at 55 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1862 Birthday Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman 1861 Birthday Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1861 Birthday Charles Holroyd, painter and etcher 1861 Birthday Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer 1861 Event Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia 1860 Birthday Charles Gordon Curtis, U.S. attorney/inventor, Curtis Turbine 1860 Birthday Charles Curtis, R, 31st U.S. Vice President, 1929-33 1859 Event Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" 1859 Birthday Charles Brantley Aycock, Gov-NC 1859 Birthday Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1859 Birthday Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager, Chicago White Sox 1859 Event Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published 1859 Birthday Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet and novelist, Charles Men, Nobel 1916 1859 Event Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1859 Event Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published 1859 Event Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris 1858 Birthday Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit 1858 Birthday Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist 1858 Birthday Charles Haddon George Alexander, George Samson, British actor 1858 Birthday Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1858 Birthday Charles Eastman, Sioux Author 1858 Birthday Charles Beach Hawley, composer 1858 Event Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester 1857 Death Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62 1857 Death Charles Turner, engraver, dies 1857 Death Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 1857 Birthday Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author, HW Knife Day 1856 Birthday Charles A van Ophuysen, orientalist, Maleisisch Volksrecht 1856 Birthday Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer 1856 Event Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery 1856 Death Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 1855 Birthday Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals, Post Cereals 1855 Birthday Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer 1855 Death Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman 1854 Birthday Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' 1854 Birthday Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor, steam turbine 1854 Birthday Alick A. C. Bannerman, cricketer, bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893 1854 Event Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1853 Birthday Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, 60-12 in 1884 1853 Birthday Charles Lee Williams, composer 1853 Event Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London 1852 Event Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks and Faces," premieres in London 1852 Birthday Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer 1852 Birthday Charles W. Fairbanks, R, 26th U.S. Vice President, 1905 - 1909 1852 Birthday Charles Taze Russell, religion founder, Jehovah's Witnesses 1851 Birthday Charles H Dow, co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St. Journal 1851 Birthday Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman, 1st centurion 1850 Birthday Charles Richet, French physiologist, anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913 1850 Event Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina 1849 Birthday Charles Harford Lloyd, composer 1849 Death Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies 1849 Event Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) 1848 Birthday Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer, Jerusalem 1847 Birthday Charles Dupee Blake, composer 1847 Death Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Governor-General (Austria-Netherland), dies 1847 Birthday Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer 1846 Birthday Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer 1846 Birthday Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 1846 Birthday Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member 1846 Birthday Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician 1846 Birthday Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician 1846 Event 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" 1844 Death Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies 1844 Death Charles XIV Johan, Jean B Bernadotte, King of Sweden/Norway, dies 1844 Death Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 1843 Event Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England 1843 Event "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold 1843 Birthday Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs 1843 Event Charles Thurber patents a typewriter 1843 Birthday Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer 1842 Birthday Charles Boissevain, editor Dutch Algemeen Handelsblad, 1885-1908 1842 Event Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach 1842 Birthday Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, Le Hareng Saur 1842 Birthday Charles Henri Marechal, composer 1841 Death Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73 1841 Birthday Charles Napier Henry, painter 1840 Birthday Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer 1840 Event American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica 1840 Event Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim) 1839 Event British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut 1839 Death Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 1839 Event Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood 1839 Event Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society 1838 Event Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwin's marriage proposal 1838 Death Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1838 Birthday Charles Carroll Walcott, Major General Union volunteers 1838 Birthday Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb, famous short person 1837 Birthday Charles Emile Waldteufel, Strasbourg France, waltz composer, Skaters 1837 Birthday Charles Garrison Harker, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1837 Death Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies 1837 Event Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores 1837 Death Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter 1837 Event Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent 1837 Birthday William Charles Levey, composer 1837 Birthday Algernon Charles Swinburne, born in England, poet, Atalanta in Calydon 1837 Birthday Charles Ammi Cutter, U.S. librarian, Expansive classification 1837 Birthday Charles Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice 1836 Death Charles X, King of France (1824-30), dies at 79 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin return to Bahia, Brazil 1836 Event Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Ascension 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Saint-Helena 1836 Event Charles Darwin returns to Capetown 1836 Event HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius 1836 Event Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands 1836 Event HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia 1836 Birthday Charles Goodnight, American Celebrity 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave Tasmania 1836 Event "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land, also known as Tasmania, Australia 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Sydney, Australia 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sail from New Zealand to Sydney 1835 Event Charles Darwin company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin approaches New Zealand 1835 Event Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti 1835 Event Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Tahiti 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache James Island, Galapagos archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago 1835 Event Charles Darwin lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Galapagos Islands 1835 Event Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile 1835 Event Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile 1835 Event Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile 1835 Event Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes 1835 Event Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass 1835 Event Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass 1835 Event Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing 1835 Birthday Charles Ewing, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator 1835 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile 1835 Birthday Charles Kendall Adams, born in Derby, Vermont, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901 1835 Birthday Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., Brigadier General Union volunteers 1835 Birthday Charles Bowen, English Judge 1834 Event Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile 1834 Event HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1834 Event Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso 1834 Event Charles Darwin's company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile 1834 Event Charles Darwin reaches top of Campana, Chile 1834 Event Charles Darwin climbs Mount Campana in Chile 1834 Death Charles Lamb, English Critic 1834 Birthday Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman 1834 Event HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean 1834 Death Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia 1834 Birthday Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne, humorist 1834 Birthday Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer 1834 Event Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1834 Birthday Charles William Elliot, born in Boston, President of Harvard, 1869-1909 1834 Birthday Charles W. Eliot, American Educator 1834 Birthday Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1834 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrive in Port San Julian, Patagonia 1833 Birthday Charles Miller Shelley, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1833 Event Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia 1833 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia 1833 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo 1833 Event Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay 1833 Event Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo 1833 Event Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana 1833 Event Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires 1833 Event Charles Darwin moves with Parana to Santa Fe Bajada Argentina 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe, Argentina 1833 Event Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero, Argentina 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires 1833 Event Charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina 1833 Event Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires 1833 Birthday Charles Jackson Paine, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Event Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage 1833 Birthday Charles George Gordon, London, general, China, Khartoum 1833 Event Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland 1832 Event Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in St. Martin at Cape Receiver 1832 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands 1832 Event Charles Darwin visits Vurland 1832 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire 1832 Death Charles Carroll, large landowner, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 95 1832 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro 1832 Birthday Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer 1832 Event Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro 1832 Event Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro 1832 Birthday Charles Camp Doolittle, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager 1832 Event Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil 1832 Event Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean 1832 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache St-Pauls, 1 degrees N, 29 degrees W 1832 Birthday Lewis Carroll, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, auth, Alice in Wonderland 1832 Event Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde 1831 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart England for South America 1831 Birthday Charles Stuart Calverley, English Poet 1831 Birthday Claudius Charles Wilson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Event Charles Darwin meets with Captain Fitzroy at Plymouth 1831 Event Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle 1831 Event Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle 1831 Event John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle 1831 Death Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 1831 Event Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam 1830 Event Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1830 Event Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X 1830 Event Charles X of France resigns by force 1830 Event Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1830 Event Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X 1830 Death Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at 67 1829 Birthday Charles Sidney Winder, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday Charles Dudley Warner, Massachusetts, newspaperman/author, Being a Boy 1829 Birthday Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer 1829 Birthday Charles Albert White, composer 1828 Death Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies 1828 Death Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies 1828 Death Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at 70 1828 Birthday Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Charles Eliot Norton, American Writer 1827 Event Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge 1827 Birthday Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Charles Davis Jameson, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Charles Robert Woods, Major General Union Army 1826 Birthday Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway, 1859 - 1872, poet 1826 Birthday Charles Cruft, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Charles Griffin, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Henry Charles Lea, American Historian 1825 Death Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman 1825 Event Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon 1825 Event Charles X becomes King of France 1825 Birthday Charles Ferdinand Dowd, U.S., standardized time zones 1824 Death Charles Thomson, American Public Servant 1824 Birthday Charles Kinnaird Graham, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist 1823 Event Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs) 1823 Birthday Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist 1823 Birthday Charles Thomas Campbell, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles Hermite, French mathematician, E is Transcendent 1822 Birthday Charles Edward Horsley, composer 1822 Birthday Charles Adam Heckman, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles S Crocker, President of Central and South Pacific Railroad 1822 Event Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaide Bonaparte 1822 Event Charles Graham patents false teeth 1822 Death Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 1822 Event Charles Graham of New York patents artificial teeth 1822 Birthday Charles Champion Gilbert, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist 1821 Birthday Charles Meryon, British/French etcher 1821 Birthday Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer 1821 Birthday Charles Tupper, C, 6th Canadian PM, 1896 1821 Death Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52 1821 Birthday [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1821 Birthday Charles Baudelaire, born in France, symbolist poet, Flowers of Evil 1821 Birthday Charles Scribner, U.S., music publisher, Scribner Catalog 1821 Birthday Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer 1820 Birthday Charles Devens, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers 1820 Death Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 1819 Death Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies 1819 Birthday Charles Anderson Dana, Assistant Secretary War, Union 1819 Birthday Charles Kingsley, Parson Lot, English vicar/historian, Westward Ho! 1819 Birthday Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra 1819 Birthday Charles Oberthur, composer 1818 Birthday Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist 1818 Birthday Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust 1818 Birthday Charles Gounod, French Composer 1818 Death Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69 1817 Birthday Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer 1817 Birthday Charles Balmer, composer 1817 Birthday Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer 1817 Death Charles Messier, "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects,", dies 1817 Birthday Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter 1815 Birthday Charles Renouvier, French philosopher, neocriticism 1814 Death Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 Death Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69 1814 Death Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84 1814 Birthday Charles Reade, England, novelist, Cloister and Hearth 1814 Birthday Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer' 1814 Birthday Charles Kensington Salaman, composer 1813 Birthday Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59 1813 Birthday John Charles Fremont, American Soldier 1812 Birthday Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies 1812 Birthday Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly, Connecticut, jeweler, Tiffany 1812 Birthday Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities 1811 Death Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47 1811 Death Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82 1811 Birthday Charles Clark, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1811 Birthday Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator 1810 Death Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 1810 Birthday Charles Lenox Remond, born in Salem Massachusetts, famous black 1809 Birthday Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1809 Birthday Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution, 'Origin of Species' 1808 Birthday Charles Lucas, composer 1808 Birthday Charles Tennyson Turner, English Poet 1808 Birthday Charles Henry Poor, Commander Union Navy 1807 Death Charles G van Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, wife of F Louisa W, dies 1807 Birthday Charles Francis Adams, Union 1807 Birthday Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Birthday Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1806 Death Charles James Fox, English Politician 1806 Death Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 1805 Birthday Charles Edmond-Henri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian 1804 Death Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1803 Death Charles Broche, composer, dies at 51 1803 Death Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies 1803 Birthday Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic, Si j'etait roi 1803 Birthday Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano 1803 Birthday Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, 1856-61 1802 Death Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62 1800 Birthday Charles Goodyear, inventor, vulcanization process for rubber 1799 Death Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts and Bayern), dies at 74 1798 Birthday Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, 1831-49 1798 Birthday Charles H Bell, Commander Union Navy 1798 Birthday Charles D. Wilkes, Commander Union Navy 1798 Birthday Charles Mynn Thruston, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1797 Birthday Charles Anthon, American Writer 1797 Birthday Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist, Principles of Geology 1797 Event Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! 1795 Birthday Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer 1795 Birthday Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman 1795 Death Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 1795 Birthday Charles Barry, architect 1795 Birthday Charles Sturt, England, explorer, Australia 1795 Birthday Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, 10 day campaign 1793 Birthday Henry Charles Carey, Philadelphia, economist, Principles of Poli Economy 1792 Birthday Charles Babbage, English inventor, calculating machine 1792 Death Charles Simon Favart, French Dramatist 1791 Birthday Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet, Curiosity 1791 Birthday Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder 1788 Death Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 1788 Death Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies 1788 Death Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 1788 Death [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67 1787 Birthday Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic 1787 Death Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 1786 Birthday [Charles] Louis I, Augustus, King of Bavaria, Lola Montez 1786 Event Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India 1785 Birthday Louis XVII Charles, king of France, 1793-95 1784 Death Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies 1783 Event Charles and M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon 1782 Birthday Charles Napier, London, soldier 1782 Death Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52 1782 Birthday Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer 1782 Death Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies 1781 Birthday Charles Philippe Lafont, composer 1780 Death Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Netherlands, dies at 67 1780 Event Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby 1780 Birthday Charles Nodier, French writer, La fee aux miettes 1779 Event Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog 1779 Event Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) 1778 Birthday Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1778 Birthday Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X 1778 Death Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 1776 Birthday Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric 1776 Birthday Charles Ots, composer 1775 Birthday Charles Lamb, born in London, England, critic/poet/essayist 1773 Death Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 1772 Birthday F M Charles Fourier, French socialist 1771 Birthday Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov, Austria Netherland 1771 Birthday Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel, Wieland 1770 Death Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 1770 Death Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 1769 Birthday Charles Hague, composer 1768 Birthday Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant 1768 Death Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82 1765 Death Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies 1765 Birthday Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs 1765 Event Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) 1764 Birthday Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies 1764 Birthday Charles Earl Grey, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1830-34 1763 Event Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland 1763 Birthday Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House 1763 Birthday Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway, 1818-44 1762 Birthday Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator 1760 Death Charles Lawrence, British Politician 1760 Event Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg 1759 Birthday Charles Duquesnoy, composer 1758 Event Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog 1757 Birthday Charles Wesley, composer 1757 Birthday Charles X, reactionary king of France, 1824-30, ; deposed 1757 Birthday Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia 1756 Birthday Charles Felix, King of Sardina, 1821-31 1754 Birthday Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. 1754 Birthday Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1753 Birthday Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist 1752 Birthday Charles Broche, composer 1751 Birthday Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina, 1796-1802 1750 Death Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer, dies at 59 1749 Birthday Charles James Fox, English Politician 1748 Birthday Charles XIII, King of Sweden, 1809-18, Norway, 1814-18 1746 Birthday Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby 1745 Event Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army 1745 Event Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland 1745 Death Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47 1742 Event German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor 1741 Birthday Charles Willson Peale, U.S., portrait painter and inventor, George Washington 1740 Event Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1738 Birthday Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley" 1737 Birthday Charles Carroll, signed Declaration of Independence 1737 Birthday Charles Hutton, mathematician 1736 Event Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia 1735 Birthday Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1734 Death Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies 1733 Event France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1731 Event Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands 1731 Event Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza 1730 Birthday Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer, cataloguer of "M objects" 1730 Birthday Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, English PM, 1765-76 1730 Event Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 1730 Birthday Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter 1730 Birthday Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician 1729 Birthday Charles Thomson, American Public Servant 1728 Birthday Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden 1728 Birthday Charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite 1725 Event Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna 1724 Event Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1724 Birthday Charles Theodoor, elector, Palts and Bayern 1722 Death Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies 1720 Birthday [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne 1720 Birthday Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender] 1720 Birthday Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, Contes de La Fontaine 1718 Death Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead 1718 Death Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36 1715 Birthday Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1714 Event Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg 1712 Birthday Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen 1711 Event Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria 1710 Birthday Charles Simon Favart, French Dramatist 1709 Birthday Charles Lawrence, British Politician 1709 Birthday Charles Avison, composer 1707 Birthday Charles Wesley, co-founder, Methodist movement 1706 Event Treaty of Altranstadt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen 1705 Birthday Charles A. Vanloo, French painter 1703 Event English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal 1703 Death Charles Perrault, author/fairy tale writer, dies 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1701 Birthday Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia 1700 Event King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva 1697 Birthday Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor, 1742-45 1697 Event Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden 1697 Death Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 1690 Birthday Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer 1690 Death Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies 1690 Death Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies 1690 Death Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 1689 Event English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1689 Birthday Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher and writer, Letters Persanes 1687 Death Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37 1687 Death Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 37 1687 Event Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders 1685 Birthday Charles Cressent, France, cabinetmaker, Regence 1685 Event Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden 1685 Birthday Charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain, 1711-40 1685 Death James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed 1685 Death Charles II, king of England (1660-85)/Nell Gwynns lover, dies at 54? 1685 Death Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54 1684 Event King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter 1683 Death Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded 1683 Event Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered 1682 Birthday Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1697-1718 1681 Event English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1681 Event King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania 1679 Event Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1679 Event King Charles II disbands English parliament 1678 Death Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56 1678 Event King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty 1677 Event King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands 1676 Event Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty 1675 Event English king Charles II adjourns parliament 1675 Event King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1675 Event Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II 1675 Death Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), dies at 40 1674 Death Charles de Mean, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 1673 Event British king Charles II fires earl of Shaftesbury 1673 Event Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1673 Event English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions 1672 Event King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence 1671 Event King Charles II sits in on English parliament 1670 Event English king Charles II and French king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty 1670 Event King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company 1668 Event English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1665 Event English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands 1663 Event King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island 1663 Event King Charles II signs Carolina Charter 1663 Event King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company 1662 Event Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France 1662 Event England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London 1661 Birthday Charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain, 1665-1700 1661 Event Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James 1661 Event 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James 1661 Event Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II 1661 Event Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal 1661 Event King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca 1661 Event English king Charles II crowned in London 1660 Event Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth 1660 Event English King Charles II lands in Dover 1660 Event English king Charles II visits Netherlands 1660 Event King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England 1660 Event English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns 1660 Event Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II 1660 Event English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) 1660 Event Charles XI becomes king of Sweden 1660 Death Charles X. Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37 1655 Birthday Charles XI, King of Sweden, 1660-97 1651 Event Future King Charles II flees from England 1651 Event Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland 1650 Birthday Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress, King Charles II 1649 Birthday James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II 1649 Event Prince of Wales becomes king Charles II 1649 Death Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason 1648 Event English army captures King Charles I 1648 Event English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed 1647 Event British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner 1647 Event King Charles I handed over to English parliament 1647 Event Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds 1647 Event Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1646 Event English parliament sets king Charles I Newcastle Propositions 1646 Event King Charles I surrenders at Scotland 1646 Event King Charles I flees Oxford 1644 Event 2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies 1643 Event 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies 1643 Birthday Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria 1642 Event Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Event Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 Event King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford 1642 Event King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1641 Event English king Charles I accept Triennial Act 1640 Event English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1634 Event English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax 1634 Birthday Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy, 1638-75 1633 Birthday Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised 1631 Event Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua 1631 Birthday Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England 1630 Death Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 1630 Birthday Charles II, King of England, 1660-85 1630 Birthday Charles Cotton, English Poet 1629 Event King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath 1629 Event King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later 1629 Event English king Charles I leaces house of commons 1628 Event English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights 1628 Birthday Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer, Mother Goose 1627 Event English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company 1626 Event King Charles I disbands English parliament 1625 Event English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette 1625 Event Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne 1621 Death Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/Prime Minister of France, dies at 43 1619 Birthday Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer, Chancellor Seguier 1613 Death Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, dies at 64 1612 Death Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay, dies at 51 1610 Birthday Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist 1605 Birthday Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer 1600 Birthday Charles I, king of England, 1625-49, ; executed by Parliament 1599 Birthday Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter, Charles I of England 1578 Death Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies 1578 Birthday Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/Governor of Picardie 1575 Death Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 1574 Death Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50 1574 Event Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France 1574 Death Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies 1572 Event King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants 1572 Death Charles de Feligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered 1567 Event War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX 1563 Event King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult 1563 Event Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI 1562 Birthday Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy 1560 Birthday Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot 1558 Event Charles V, German emperor, buried 1558 Death Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Netherlands, dies at 52 1558 Death Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58 1556 Event Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain 1556 Event Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain 1556 Event Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over 1555 Event Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg 1553 Death Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies 1552 Event Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 1550 Birthday Charles IX, King of Sweden 1550 Death Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's Assistant Secretary of State, dies 1550 Birthday Charles IX, King of France, 1560-74 1550 Event Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority 1549 Birthday Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc 1548 Event Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans 1547 Event Charles demands creation of Imperial League (German state) 1544 Event Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy 1544 Event Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I 1544 Event Charles and Francois I sign Peace of Crepy 1544 Event German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark 1543 Event Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik and Emperor Charles V 1543 Event Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V 1543 Event Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren 1540 Event Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended 1540 Event Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels 1539 Event Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt 1539 Event Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo 1538 Death Charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70 1538 Event Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I 1535 Event Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis 1534 Event Charles V names Joris of Egmont, bishop of Utrecht 1530 Event 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V 1529 Event "Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V and King French I 1528 Event England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1527 Event Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies 1526 Event Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal 1526 Event Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid 1524 Event Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille 1524 Event Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille 1524 Birthday Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims 1523 Birthday Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen 1523 Event Emperor Charles I and England sign anti-French covenant 1522 Event Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands 1522 Event Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1521 Event Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam 1521 Event Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V 1521 Event Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria 1521 Event Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards 1520 Event King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V 1520 Event King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais 1519 Event King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V 1516 Event Kings Charles I and Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons 1515 Event George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles 1510 Event Charles of Gelre conquerors Oldenzaal 1498 Death Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 1498 Death Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27 1495 Event Battle at Fornovo, French king Charles VIII beats St. League 1495 Event French King Charles VIII leaves Naples 1495 Event French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown 1495 Event Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1494 Event French king Charles VIII occupies Florence 1493 Event King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis 1492 Event Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII) 1491 Event King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne 1490 Death Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21 1490 Birthday Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor, Lombardy 1486 Birthday Charles III, Duke of Savoy 1477 Death Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 1476 Event Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland 1476 Event Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children 1473 Event Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen 1470 Birthday Charles VIII, King of France, 1483-98, invaded Italy 1470 Death Charles VIII, Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies 1468 Event Charles the Stout occupies and plunders Luik 1468 Event Treaty of Peronne: Duke Charles the Stoute and French king Louis XI 1468 Event Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York 1468 Birthday Charles I, Duke of Savoy 1467 Event Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars 1465 Event French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout 1461 Death Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 1438 Event French church/King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges 1435 Event Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II 1433 Birthday Charles of Charolais, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy/polyglot 1422 Event Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France 1422 Death Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 1420 Event Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1403 Birthday Charles VII, King of France, 1422-61, drove out English 1394 Event Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI 1394 Event Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1389 Event French king Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII 1387 Birthday Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra, 1349-87 1380 Event French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 1380 Event King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 1380 Death Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies 1378 Death Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (University of Prague), dies 1368 Birthday Charles VI, the Well-Beloved, king of France, 1380-1422 1368 Birthday Charles VI, King of France, 1380-1422 1357 Event Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace 1356 Event German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree 1348 Event Prague University, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV 1347 Event Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV 1342 Death Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies 1337 Birthday Charles V, the Wise, king of France, 1364-80 1328 Death Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies 1316 Birthday Charles IV, King of Bohemia, 1346 - 1378, emperor, 1355 - 1378 1309 Death Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies 1290 Event Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou 1285 Death Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58 1127 Death Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered 1119 Event Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders 929 Death Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies 888 Death Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies 887 Event Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns 879 Birthday Charles III, The Simple, king of France, 893-923 877 Death Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 876 Event Battle at Andernach: Louis the Young beats Charles the Bare 876 Event Charles becomes king of Italy 875 Event Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome 870 Event Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans 869 Event Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen 863 Event Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith 860 Event Peace of Koblenz: Charles the Bare, Louis the German and Lotharius II 843 Event Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France 842 Event Charles II and Louis the German sign treaty 841 Event Battle at Fontenay: Louis and Charles beat their brother Lotharius I 823 Birthday Charles II, the Bald, King of France, 843-77, emperor, 875-77 813 Event Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor 811 Death Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 800 Event Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor 799 Event Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome 794 Death Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 783 Death Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies 778 Event Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great 774 Event Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy 768 Event Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic 741 Death Charles Martel, ruler of the Franks, dies at 63 733 Event Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden 722 Event Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
