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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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