2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2014 Event 'The Washington Post' and 'The Guardian' win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting of surveillance programs by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); the investigations relied on thousands of documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2014 Event Academics report that a pelvis bone discovered in Winchester 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son, Edward the Elder 2014 Event Responding to privacy concerns raised by former spy contractor Edward Snowden's NSA disclosures, U.S. President Barack Obama announces reforms to NSA phone surveillance 2013 Event Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden one year of temporary political asylum; Snowden leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport 2013 Event NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden remains in Moscow, Russia; he is stranded at Russia's Sheremetyevo International Airport 2013 Event The U.S. officially charges Edward Snowden with espionnage 2004 Death Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist 2003 Death Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95 2003 Death John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 2001 Death Edward Boland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989, died at the age of 90 from natural causes 2001 Death Edward Winter, actor, TV's M*A*S*H, dies at 63 2000 Death Edward Craven Walker, gadfly, invented the lava lamp, dies at 82 2000 Death Edward L. Bernds, director, The Three Stooges shorts, dies at 94 2000 Death Edward Gorey, author, Amphigorey, dies at 75 1997 Death Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74 1997 Death Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1997 Death Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies 1996 Death Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77 1996 Death Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76 1996 Death Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82 1996 Death Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76 1996 Death Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89 1996 Death Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39 1996 Death Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67 1996 Death Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 1996 Death Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73 1996 Death Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91 1996 Death Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60 1996 Event Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle 1996 Death Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78 1996 Death Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer, dies at 75 1996 Death Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84 1996 Death Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property Developer, dies at 81 1996 Death Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77 1995 Death Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66 1995 Death Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58 1995 Death Wallace Edward Rowling, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1974 - 1975, dies at 68 1995 Death Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100 1995 Death Edward Firth Henderson, arabist, dies at 77 1995 Death Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32 1995 Death Edward Bernays, Businessman 1995 Death Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77 1994 Death John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68 1994 Death Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist, dies at 85 1994 Death Karl Edward Wagner, writer, dies at 48 1994 Death John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85 1994 Death Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66 1994 Death Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player 1994 Death Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68 1994 Event Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46) 1994 Death Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 1993 Death Edward B A M Raczynski, Polish president-in-exile 1979 - 1986, dies at 97 1993 Death Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76 1993 Death Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1992 Birthday Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward 1992 Event Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor 1992 Death Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies 1991 Death Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 1991 Event Shite Moslems release U.S. hostage Edward Tracy 1991 Death John Edward Craven, dies 1991 Death Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77 1991 Death Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 1990 Death Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74 1989 Event George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers 1989 Death Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62 1988 Birthday Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward 1988 Death Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84 1987 Death Edward Zorinsky, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987, died of a heart attack 1987 Event Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 1986 Death Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 1986 Event U.S. writer Edward A. Tracy kidnap in Beirut 1986 Death Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 1985 Death Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 1982 Death Edward H Carr, British historian, dies at 90 1981 Event Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia 1981 Event Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek 1980 Event Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns 1980 Event Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City 1979 Event Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million 1978 Death Edward D Wood, Jr., director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 1978 Death Edward Durrell Stone, U.S. architect, dies at 76 1977 Death Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 1977 Birthday Edward Furlong, born in Pasedina, California, actor, John Connor-Terminator 2 1977 Event Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame 1976 Birthday Edward Ellis, tackle for the New England Patriots 1976 Death Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies 1976 Birthday Darius McCrary, actor, Edward Winslow-Family Matters 1976 Death Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 1975 Death Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist 1975 Event Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership 1975 Event Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in New York City 1974 Birthday Edward Thomas, CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes 1974 Death Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 1973 Birthday Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys 1973 Death Edward Steichen, pioneer of U.S. photography, dies at 93 1973 Death Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67 1973 Death Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79 1973 Birthday Edward Jasper, defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles 1972 Death Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90 1972 Birthday Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol 1972 Death Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Death King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1971 Death Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28 1971 Birthday Edward "Ted" Murphy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower, Olympics-5th-1996 1971 Birthday Winona Ryder, born in Minnesota, actress, Heathers, Edward Scissorhand 1971 Death Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84 1971 Event Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House 1971 Birthday Edward Fryatt, born in Rochdale, England, Nike golfer, 1994 NCAA West Regional 1971 Death Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies 1971 Event Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours 1970 Event Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader 1970 Death Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 1970 Birthday Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent 1970 Event British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher 1970 Death Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1970 Death Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89 1969 Birthday John Edward, American Entertainer 1969 Birthday Edward Norton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, appeared in films, 'Primal Fear', 'Rounder', 'Fight Club', 'Red Dragon', 'The Illusionist' 1969 Event Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1969 Event Peter Stone and Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in New York City 1968 Birthday Edward Linskens, soccer player, PSV 1968 Death Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84 1968 Death Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1968 Birthday Edward Kaminski, born in Kansas City, Kansas, javelin thrower 1968 Birthday Edward Burns, American Actor 1967 Death Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician 1967 Event Edward Brooke, born in Washington, D.C, Senator-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, first African American to be elected to the Senate 1967 Death Edward Eagan, boxer, bobsledder, Gold Medal 1920, 1932 Olympics, dies at 69 1967 Death Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1967 Death Edward Hopper, U.S. painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 1967 Event 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work 1967 Birthday Edward M. Fincke, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Captain USAF/astronaut 1967 Death Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1966 Event Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate 1966 Event Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in New York City 1966 Death Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94 1966 Death Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1966 Death [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 1965 Birthday Scott Edward Gump, Rockledge, Florida, PGA golfer, 1991 International-2nd 1965 Birthday Glen Edward Day, Mobile AL, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-2nd 1965 Death Edward E "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies 1965 Event Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Cons party 1965 Birthday Edward Hartman, born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia, hockey goalie, Team Slovakia 1965 Birthday Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1965 Death Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 1965 Death Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist 1965 Death Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72 1965 Death Edward Appleton, English Scientist 1964 Event Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City 1964 Death Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72 1964 Birthday Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward 1964 Birthday Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson 1963 Death William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1963 Birthday Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-84 1963 Birthday Edward Sturing, soccer player, Vitesse 1963 Birthday Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1962 Event Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator 1962 Event Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts 1962 Death Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies 1962 Birthday George P N earl of St. Andrews, under English prince Edward 1962 Birthday Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night 1961 Event English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley 1961 Death Edward J. Hart, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955 1961 Death James Edward Murray, Senator-D-Montana 1934 - 1961, dies 1961 Event Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City 1960 Death Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86 1960 Death Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 1960 Birthday Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York 1959 Death Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1959 Birthday Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie, Haarlem, Sparta 1959 Death Edward C Tolman, U.S. psychologist (behaviorism), dies 1959 Event Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin 1959 Birthday Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze 1959 Birthday Edward F. Humenik, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1994 Kmart Greater-2nd 1959 Birthday Thomas Edward Lehman, born in Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1994 Memorial Tournament 1959 Event Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R. Murrow 1958 Death George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1958 Birthday Tim Burton, born in Burbank, California, film director, films include, 'Edward Scissorhands', 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Batman', 'Batman Returns' 1958 Death Edward Weston, American Photographer 1957 Death Lord Dunsany, Edward J M D Plunkett, author (Jorkens), dies at 79 1957 Birthday Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted 1957 Death Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71 1957 Birthday Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat 1956 Death Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66 1956 Birthday Howard Edward Davis, Jr., Glen Cove, New York, lw boxer 1976 Olympics silver 1954 Death George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85 1954 Death Charles Edward Ives, U.S. composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79 1954 Event Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow 1954 Event Edward R. Murrow criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy on 'See it Now' 1954 Birthday Edward Ka-spel, English singer and songwriter, Legendary Pink Dots 1953 Death Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, British composer (Coronation March), dies at 69 1953 Birthday John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1953 Death Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60 1953 Birthday Edward Ray Fiori, born in Lynwood, California, PGA golfer, 1979 Southern Open 1953 Death Edward Marsh, British Editor 1952 Birthday Thomas Edward Henderson, South Carolina, basketballer 1972 Olympics silver 1951 Death J Edward Bromberg, dies at 47 1951 Birthday Edward Witten, American Mathematician 1951 Death Edward Rigby, dies at 72 1951 Death Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63 1951 Birthday Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free 1950 Event Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland 1950 Death Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77 1949 Death Edward R Stettinius, U.S. foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies 1949 Death Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist 1949 Birthday Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1949 Birthday Edward Hardin, New York City, rock guitarist, Spencer Davis Group 1948 Birthday William Hastings-Bass, born in England, William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntington, member of the Seventh Creation, Earls of Huntington 1947 Death Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72 1947 Birthday Edward Yang, director, Tewrrorizers 1947 Birthday Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1995 Deposit Guaranty 1947 Birthday Edward F. Feighan, born in Lakewood, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1983 - 1993 1947 Event Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins 1947 Birthday Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1968 1947 Birthday Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph 1946 Birthday Marc Edward Neikrug, composer 1946 Death Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 1946 Death Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71 1945 Birthday Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds 1945 Birthday Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1944 Birthday Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 4x100m runner, 1968 Olympics gold 1944 Event Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Edward G. Rendell, American Politician 1943 Death Edward H "Butch" O'hare, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle 1943 Birthday James Edward Sellars, composer 1943 Birthday Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 Birthday Edward Herrmann, born in Washington D.C., actor, Day of the Dolphin, Reds 1943 Birthday Edward Skorek, Poland, volleyball player 1976 Olympics gold 1943 Birthday Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1942 Birthday Derek Jarman, actor and director, Angelic Conversation, Edward II 1942 Birthday Edward "Sonny" Bivins, U.S. singer, Manhattans-Kiss and Say Goodbye 1941 Birthday Count Desmond, Edward Benjamin, Binghamton, New York, sword swallower 1941 Birthday Richard Edward Wilson, composer 1940 Birthday Edward Boguslawski, composer 1940 Death Edward Frederic Benson, novelist, dies 1939 Birthday Edward Patten, U.S. soul singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips 1939 Birthday Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips 1939 Death Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 1938 Death Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81 1937 Birthday Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian, Bedazzled 1937 Birthday Edward Applebaum, composer 1937 Birthday Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International 1937 Event Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France 1937 Birthday Edward Fox, born in London, England, actor, M-Never Say Never Again 1936 Event King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI 1936 Event King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson 1936 Event England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI 1936 Death Edward Bach, English Scientist 1936 Death Edward German, composer, dies at 74 1936 Birthday Edward George Gibson, Buffalo, New York, astronaut, Skylab 4 1936 Birthday Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet 1936 Birthday Edward Jones, U.K. military rep to NATO 1936 Birthday Anthony Edward Payne, composer 1936 Event Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip 1936 Birthday Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 Event Edward VIII succeeds British king George V 1936 Birthday Edward Rell Madigan, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1973 - 1983 1936 Death Edward Rell Madigan, Representative-R-Illinois 1973 - 1983 1935 Event Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1935 Birthday Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent 1935 Birthday Edward McInnes, German scholar 1935 Death Edward H Thompson, U.S. archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 1935 Death Edward Arlington Robinson, U.S. poet, dies 1934 Birthday Edward Bond, English playwright/director, Blow-up 1934 Death Warden Uncle, Edward Vermeulen, Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73 1934 Death Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 1934 Death Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 1934 Death Edward Elgar, British Composer 1933 Death Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84 1933 Event Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson 1933 Death Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/Foreign minister, dies 1933 Birthday Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1933 Birthday Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic 1932 Birthday Edward Kennedy, American Politician 1931 Birthday Martin Boykan, composer, professor, studied at Harvard, Yale, awarded Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, studied with Edward Steuermann, Aaron Copeland 1931 Birthday Edward Kellett-Bowman, British MEP 1930 Birthday Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Birthday Edward H. White II, Astronaut 1930 Birthday Edward Woodward, Croydon England, actor, Breaker Morant, Wickerman 1930 Birthday Edward Seaga, PM, Jamaica 1930 Birthday Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield, New Jersey, Controller-R-NY, 1978- 1930 Birthday Esteban Edward Torres, born in Miami, Arizona, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1999 1930 Death Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 1930 Birthday Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut 1929 Birthday Edward Asner, Kansas City Kansas, actor, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant 1929 Death Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1929 Birthday Edward O. Wilson, American Scientist 1929 Birthday Edward Anson, British Vice-Admiral 1929 Birthday Edward Levy Irving, composer 1929 Birthday Edward Crook, born in Detroit, Michigan, middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics gold 1929 Birthday Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1928 Birthday Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng 1928 Birthday Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman 1928 Birthday Edward Zorinsky, born in Omaha, Nebraska, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987 1928 Birthday James Edward Bradford, HW weightlifer, Silver Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1928 Birthday Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher, New York Yankees 1928 Event Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" 1928 Birthday John Ingle, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital 1928 Birthday Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story 1928 Birthday Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer 1927 Birthday Edward Ralph Keinholz, sculptor 1927 Birthday Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor, Roxy 1927 Birthday Edward Abbey, U.S. author, Desert Solitaire 1926 Birthday John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer 1925 Birthday Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect 1925 Birthday Edward Fursdon, British Major-General, defense council 1925 Birthday Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist, Curious Sofa 1924 Birthday Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Birthday Edward Koch, Politician 1924 Death Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75 1924 Birthday Edward D Wood, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, director, Plan 9 from Outer Space 1924 Birthday Edward du Cann, CEO, Lonrho 1923 Birthday Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author, The Arch 1923 Birthday Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1923 Death George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, egyptologist, dies at 56 1923 Death Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 1923 Death Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1922 Death Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 1921 Event Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" 1920 Birthday Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner, Redskins, Baltimore Orioles 1920 Birthday Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster 1920 Birthday Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer 1920 Birthday Neal Edward Smith, born in Hedrick, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1959 - 1995 1920 Birthday Edward Kassner, music publisher 1919 Birthday Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands 1919 Birthday Edward Leadbitter, politician 1918 Birthday Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist 1918 Birthday Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert 1917 Event Reverend Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb 1917 Birthday Edward Firth Henderson, arabist 1917 Event Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb 1917 Birthday Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist 1917 Birthday Edward Toner Cone, composer 1917 Death Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I 1917 Death Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 1916 Birthday David Lewis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital 1916 Death Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 1916 Birthday Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, 1970-74 1916 Death Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62 1916 Birthday Edward Platt, Staten Island, New York, actor, Chief-Get Smart 1916 Birthday Edward R. Roybal, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1993 1916 Death Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 1915 Birthday Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist 1915 Event British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 1915 Birthday Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1915 Event Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1915 Birthday Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer 1914 Birthday Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist 1914 Birthday Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961 1914 Birthday Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat 1914 Birthday Edward T. Hall, American Scientist 1914 Death Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 1914 Birthday Edward George Edwards, chemist 1913 Death Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1913 Birthday Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1913 Event Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in New York City 1913 Birthday Edward Gierek, party leader, Polish CP 1912 Birthday Edward M Purcell, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1952 1912 Birthday Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1912 Birthday Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1912 Birthday Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP 1912 Death Edward Blake, Canadian Politician 1912 Birthday John Edward Christopher Hill, English Historian 1911 Event Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in New York City 1911 Birthday Edward Boland, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989 1911 Death Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies 1911 Birthday Edward Levi, professor, Intro to Legal Reasoning 1911 Birthday Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector 1911 Birthday Edward Warner, diplomat 1910 Event Edward Forster publishes "Howards End" 1910 Birthday Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit 1910 Birthday Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1910 Event Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII 1910 Death Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68 1909 Birthday Edward L Tatum, U.S., molecular geneticist, Nobel 1958 1909 Birthday Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist 1909 Death Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1909 Event English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill 1909 Birthday John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter 1909 Birthday Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist 1909 Birthday Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant 1908 Event Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres 1908 Birthday Edward Dmytryk, director, Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny 1908 Birthday Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician 1908 Birthday Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person 1908 Birthday Edward Roberts, bishop, Ely 1908 Birthday Edward Lansdale, general/model, Quiet American, Ugly American 1908 Birthday Edward Staempfli, composer 1908 Death Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 1908 Birthday Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project 1907 Birthday Edward Albert Radice, economist 1906 Birthday Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 1906 Event English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured 1905 Event Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City 1905 Birthday Edward Lockspeiser, composer 1904 Birthday Edward Morris Bernstein, economist 1904 Birthday Edward Chodorov, playwright/director, Story of Louis Pasteur 1904 Event 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" 1903 Birthday J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor, Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags 1902 Event Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria 1902 Event Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII 1902 Birthday Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland 1902 Birthday Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi 1902 Birthday Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project 1901 Death Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86 1901 Event Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool 1901 Birthday Edward Chapman, Harrogate England, actor, Promoter, Rembrandt 1901 Birthday Edward Lambert, British diplomat 1901 Death Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 1901 Death Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 1901 Event After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series 1900 Birthday Edward R. Stettinius, U.S., foreign minister, 1944 - 1945, diplomat 1900 Event Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham 1900 Birthday Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break 1900 Event Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1900 Death Edward VII, King, assassinated 1899 Birthday Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet 1899 Birthday Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., Edward Kennedy, bandleader, Take A Train 1899 Event 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D 1898 Death Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies 1898 Death Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48 1898 Death Edward Noyes Westcott, U.S. attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 1897 Death Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet 1897 Birthday Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper 1924 Olympics silver 1897 Birthday Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator 1896 Event Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres 1895 Event King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays" 1895 Birthday Edward Gill, baseball player 1895 Birthday Harry F V Edward, born in British Guiana, 100m/200m runner, Olympic-bronze-1920 1895 Birthday Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys 1895 Death Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 1894 Birthday Yakima Canutt, Enos Edward, Colfax, Washington, actor/dir, Texas Terror 1894 Birthday Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1894 Birthday King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1893 Birthday Edward G Robinson, Goldenberg, Romania, actor, 10 Commandments 1893 Birthday Edward A Doisy Sr, U.S. bio-chemist, Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943 1893 Birthday Edward J. Hart, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955, 1st chairman of Committee on Un-American Activities 1893 Event Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" 1893 Event Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston 1892 Birthday Edward V Appleton, English physicist, Appleton-layer 1892 Birthday Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia 1892 Birthday Edward Steuermann, composer 1892 Birthday Edward B B Shanks, British poet and critic 1891 Birthday Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent 1891 Birthday Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, president-in-exile, 1979 - 1986 1891 Birthday Edward Bernays, public relations expert 1891 Birthday Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians 1890 Birthday Edward Arnold, New York City, actor, Mr Smith Goes to Washington 1890 Event Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot and Elaine," premieres 1889 Birthday Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever 1889 Death Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49 1888 Death Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 1887 Birthday Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's 1886 Event Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia," premieres 1886 Birthday Edward Bach, English Scientist 1886 Birthday Edward Ballantine, composer 1886 Death Ned Buntline, Edward Zane Carroll Judson, author, dies 1886 Birthday Edward C. Tolman, U.S. psychologist, behaviorism 1886 Birthday Edward Weston, American Photographer 1886 Birthday Edward Everett Horton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor/narrator, Bulwinkle Show 1886 Birthday Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone, Nobel 1950 1886 Birthday Albert Edward Sammons, composer 1885 Death Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62 1884 Event 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite 1884 Birthday Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians 1884 Birthday Edward Kilenyi, composer 1883 Birthday Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, born in London, England, composer, Farewell My Youth 1882 Birthday Edward Hopper, U.S. painter, House by the Railroad 1882 Birthday Edward Earle, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight 1881 Event Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano 1881 Birthday William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing 1881 Birthday Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to U.S., 1940-46 1880 Death Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64 1880 Birthday Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, Sen-VT 1879 Birthday Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography 1879 Birthday Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent 1879 Birthday Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India 1879 Birthday Edward M. Forster, English Novelist 1878 Event Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) 1878 Event Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match 1878 Birthday Lord Dunsany, Edward JMD Plunkett, Irish sci-fi writer, Time and Gods 1878 Birthday Edward Thomas, English Poet 1876 Event Edward Bouchet, is 1st African-American to receive a PhD in U.S. college, Yale 1876 Birthday James Edward Murray, born in St. Thomas, Canada, Senator-D-Montana 1934 - 1961 1876 Death Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 1875 Birthday Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, 75 pseudonames, British occultist 1874 Birthday Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step 1874 Birthday Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist 1874 Birthday Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer 1874 Birthday Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 1873 Birthday George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1873 Birthday Edward Burlingame Hill, composer 1873 Event Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province 1873 Event Prince Edward Island joins Canada 1872 Birthday Edward Marsh, British Editor 1872 Birthday Edward Faber Schneider, composer 1872 Death Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63 1872 Birthday Edward G Craig, actor and director, On the art of theatre 1872 Birthday Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1867 Death Edward Hodges, composer, dies at 71 1867 Birthday Edward Naylor, composer 1867 Birthday Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles 1865 Event Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor 1863 Death Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 35 1863 Death Edward Payson Chapin, Union Brigadier General, dies at 31 1863 Death Edward Dorr Tracy, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1862 Death James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1862 Birthday Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs 1862 Birthday Edward German, Jones, Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer 1861 Death Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 1861 Birthday Warden Oncle, Edward Vermeulen, Flemish farmer/writer 1861 Event On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1860 Birthday Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite 1860 Event 1st British royalty to visit U.S., Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) 1860 Birthday Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement 1859 Birthday Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners 1859 Birthday Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life 1857 Birthday Edward Emerson Barnard, born in Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite 1857 Birthday Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1857 Birthday Edward William Elgar, born in Broadheath, England, composer, Pomp and Circumstance 1857 Birthday Edward Elgar, British Composer 1857 Death Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 1856 Birthday Edward Herbert Thompson, Massachusetts, archaeologist, Mayan civilization 1856 Birthday Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT 1855 Birthday James Edward Kelly, U.S., sculptor "Sculptor of American History" 1855 Birthday Edward Solomon, composer 1854 Death Edward Forbes, British Scientist 1854 Birthday Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist 1854 Birthday Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1853 Birthday Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer, Parisina 1852 Birthday Edward Austin Abbey, U.S., painter, Quest of the Holy Grail 1850 Event Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia 1850 Birthday Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver 1850 Birthday Edward Bellamy, author, Looking Backward 1849 Birthday Edward Julius Biedermann, composer 1848 Birthday Edward Everett Rice, composer 1848 Birthday Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1846 Birthday Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 1844 Birthday Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1843 Birthday Edward Dowden, Irish Critic 1843 Event 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1841 Birthday Edward VII, king of England, 1901 - 1910 1841 Birthday Edward John Armstrong, poet 1841 Birthday Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist 1840 Birthday Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn, 1865 1839 Birthday Edward Sydney Smith, composer 1836 Death Edward Livingston, American Judge 1836 Birthday Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer 1835 Birthday Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1834 Death Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1834 Birthday Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Edward Dorr Tracy, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1833 Birthday Edward Blake, Canadian Politician 1833 Birthday Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer 1833 Birthday Edward Moody McCook, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday James Edward Rains, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1832 Birthday Edward Hatch, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist 1832 Birthday Edward Harland, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1831 Birthday Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1831 Birthday Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Statesman 1831 Birthday Edward Payson Chapin, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1831 Birthday David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter 1831 Birthday Edward Cary Walthall, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Birthday Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Birthday Edward Ferrero, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Edward Winslow Hinks, Major General Union volunteers 1830 Birthday Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet 1828 Birthday Edward Saloman, Gov, Union 1828 Birthday Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1828 Birthday Calvin Edward Pratt, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers 1827 Birthday Edward Mollenhauer, composer 1827 Birthday Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Edward Augustus Wild, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Raleigh Edward Colston, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday Edward Henry Hobson, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday George Edward Pickett, Major General Confederate Army 1824 Birthday Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer 1824 Death Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72 1824 Death Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies 1823 Birthday Edward Elmer Potter, Major General Union volunteers 1822 Birthday Charles Edward Horsley, composer 1822 Birthday Edward Stephen, composer 1822 Birthday Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1821 Birthday Edward Winston Pettus, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1820 Birthday Patrick Edward Connor, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Event Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim) 1818 Birthday Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Birthday Edward John Hopkins, composer 1817 Birthday Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Edward Wolff, composer 1816 Birthday Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica 1815 Birthday Martin Edward Green, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday James Edward Harrison, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday Edward Forbes, British Scientist 1815 Death Edward Pakenham, English general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle 1812 Birthday Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book 1811 Birthday Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Edward FitzGerald, born in England, writer, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1808 Birthday Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer 1808 Birthday Henry Edward Manning, cardinal and archbishop, Westminster 1807 Death Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71 1807 Birthday Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy 1803 Death Edward Despard, last person drawn and quartered in England 1801 Birthday Edward William Lane, translator, Thousand and 1 Nights 1800 Death Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1799 Birthday Edward Stanley, Earl Derby, C, British Prime Minister, 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68 1799 Event Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced 1796 Birthday Edward Hodges, composer 1796 Event 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner 1794 Birthday Edward Everett, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Representative 1825 - 1835 1794 Death Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56 1793 Birthday Edward Bates, Attorney General, Union 1792 Birthday Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author, Adv of Younger Son 1792 Birthday Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1784 Event 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren 1766 Death James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1765 Death Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 1764 Birthday Edward Livingston, American Judge 1757 Death Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1755 Death Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh 1752 Birthday Edward Jones, composer 1749 Birthday Edward Rutledge, Gov-SC, attorney/signer Declaration of Independence 1749 Birthday Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination 1737 Birthday Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire 1737 Birthday Edward Gibson, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Emp 1737 Birthday Edward Gibbon, English Historian 1735 Birthday Edward Miller, composer 1722 Event Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st U.S. divinity professor (Harvard) 1720 Birthday [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne 1720 Birthday Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender] 1718 Death Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast 1716 Event Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France 1715 Event Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders 1712 Birthday Edward Moore, English Dramatist 1692 Event Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft 1692 Birthday Edward Cave, England, printer, Gentlemen's Magazine 1688 Birthday James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope 1683 Birthday Edward Young, English poet, Revenge, Complaint 1674 Death Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English Prime Minister 1660 - 1667, dies at 65 1671 Death Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 1648 Death Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 1634 Death Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies 1625 Birthday Edward Montagu, England 1609 Birthday Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM, 1660-67 1583 Birthday Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher 1553 Death Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 1553 Event King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" 1552 Birthday Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician, defended common law 1552 Death Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason 1551 Event English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested 1550 Event English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed 1547 Event English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5 1547 Event King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII 1547 Event 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England 1537 Birthday Edward VI, Tudor, King of England, 1547-53 1534 Event Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada 1499 Death Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded 1497 Event "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork 1487 Event Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin 1486 Event King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV 1483 Death Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered 1483 Event Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England 1483 Death Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 1471 Event Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha 1471 Event Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick 1471 Event King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI 1470 Birthday Edward V, King of England, Apr 9-Jun 25 1483 1461 Event Edward IV crowned king of England 1461 Event Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1442 Birthday Edward IV, King of England, 1461-70, 71-83 1442 Birthday Edward IV, King, England, 1461-83 1377 Event Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England 1377 Death Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies 1376 Death "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 1356 Event Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns 1355 Event English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais 1355 Death Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 1340 Event English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1336 Event English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders 1330 Birthday Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales, 1343-1376 1328 Event King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen 1327 Death Edward II, king of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43 1327 Event King Edward III accedes to British throne 1322 Event Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence 1307 Death Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 1301 Event Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales 1291 Event Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I 1290 Event Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves 1290 Event King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews 1290 Event Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1284 Birthday Edward II, King of England, 1307-27 1275 Event King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews 1272 Event Edward I proclaimed King of England 1265 Event Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort 1239 Birthday Edward I, King of England, 1272-1307, chased Jews out of England 1093 Death Edward Macduncan, Scottish crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle 1066 Death Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies 1043 Event Edward the Confessor crowned king of England 978 Death Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 924 Death Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies
