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