History Hop Tags - Windsor

1215-06-15

King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, England

1386-05-09

Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force)

1597-04-23

William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.

1849-03-09

Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" premieres

1861-05-13

The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.

1899-03-17

Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die

1911-09-09

1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)

1917-07-17

Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor

1930-11-03

First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens

1952-02-15

King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

1954-09-16

CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting

1960-02-08

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

1968-03-18

WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting

1987-04-03

Duchess of Windsor's jewels auctioned for £31,380,197

1992-11-20

Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire

1312-11-13

Edward III, Windsor Castle, England, king of England (1327-77, raped countess of Salisbury), (d. 1377)

1703-10-05

Jonathan Edwards, East Windsor, Connecticut Colony, Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin)

1865-06-03

George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain (1910-36)

1867-07-05

Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Windsor, VT, USA, American inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating)

1878-01-22

Constance Collier, Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)

1892-04-14

Claire Windsor, The Blot

1894-06-23

Duke of Windsor, A King's Story

1896-06-19

Wallis Simpson [Duchess of Windsor], Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, American divorcee and wife of Edward VIII (abdicated)

1897-04-14

Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)

1901-10-02

Charles Stark Draper, Windsor Missouri, American Scientist and Engineer who headed the team that invented the Apollo Guidance Computer and inertial navigation technology for aircraft, space vehicles, and submarines

1902-12-20

George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)

1912-03-22

Martha Mödl, The Merry Wives of Windsor

1912-10-30

Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle)

1913-10-08

Helmut Krebs, The Merry Wives of Windsor

1915-11-03

Herbert Brauer, The Merry Wives of Windsor

1919-12-11

Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, American actress (Double Deal)

1919-12-11

Marie Windsor, General Hospital

1920-01-30

Rosella Hightower, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

1920-9-15

Georg Wildhagen, The Merry Wives of Windsor

1925-01-08

Norman Foster, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

1926-04-21

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, London UK, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, 1952- )

1926-11-18

Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)

1927-07-12

Frank Windsor, Sunday Bloody Sunday

1930-01-11

Helmut Straßburger, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

1930-08-28

Windsor Davies, British actor

1930-08-28

Windsor Davies, Carry on England

1931-02-04

Joy Windsor, Life's a Stage

1932-01-21

Joyce Windsor, Porn Yesterday

1933-10-03

Márcia de Windsor, O Profeta

1934-07-10

Ann Windsor, The ABC Murders

1935-06-04

Colette Boky, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

1935-07-04

Laurence C. Windsor Jr., The D.I.

1935-10-09

Edward Windsor, A Queen Is Crowned

1937-08-06

Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)

1937-08-06

Barbara Windsor, Alice in Wonderland

1938-08-28

Paul Martin, Windsor Ontario, 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003-2006)

1941-03-06

Tammy Windsor, The Little Shop of Horrors

1941-10-20

Bob Panasik, Windsor Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1986 Canadian TPC)

1942-04-10

Nick Auf der Maur, Windsor Protocol

1942-12-19

Bob Windsor, New England Patriots vs. Chicago Bears

1947-07-26

Al Anderson, Windsor, Connecticut, guitarist (NRBQ)

1949-01-16

Caroline Munro, Windsor, Berkshire, English actress, model (The Spy Who Loved Me, Maniac) [or 12/16]

1949-05-25

Barry Windsor-Smith, The Hand

1950-03-03

David Windsor, Baby Sitters Jitters

1950-08-15

Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, England, Princess/olympic equestrian

1950-12-16

Caroline Munro, Windsor, actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad) [or 1/16]

1951-07-03

Mike Corby [Michael John], Windsor, Berkshire, English guitarist/keyboardist (The Babys)

1952-04-11

Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter

1959-05-07

Johan Schildt, Muntra fruarna i Windsor

1960-02-13

Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor (Capt America, Deadly Deception)

1961-02-19

Jane Windsor, Days of Our Lives

1963-09-30

Ed Drakich, Windsor Ontario, volleyball player (Olympics-96)

1964-01-05

John Erickson, Woodland Hills California, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)

1964-04-17

Ken Daneyko, Windsor, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)

1964-04-28

Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward

1964-09-29

John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)

1965-06-05

Bob Probert, Windsor, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)

1965-08-28

Shania Twain, Windsor Ontario, Canadian singer (You're Still the One)

1967-01-29

Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)

1967-12-08

Marina Augusta Baker, Windsor England, playmate (Mar, 1987)

1969-11-01

Tie Domi, Windsor, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)

1970-07-25

Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent

1970-08-17

Vanessa Windsor, The Bush Gang

1971-03-08

Bob Boughner, Windsor, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)

1972-11-24

Barry Potomski, Windsor, NHL left wing (LA Kings)

1973-04-25

Alek Stojanov, Windsor, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)

1973-12-03

Keri Windsor, The Getaway

1974-01-30

Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center (Olympics-96)

1974-05-08

Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)

1975-03-12

Brandon Windsor, Valerie Bertinelli

1976-05-17

Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)

1976-06-26

Ed Jovanoski, Windsor Ont, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)

1977-11-19

Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard

1978-08-01

Dhani Harrison, Windsor Berkshire, English musician

1979-04-06

Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael

1979-04-06

Lord Frederick Windsor, Love Letters

1979-08-06

Jennifer Exaltacion, Windsor Ontario, gymnist (Olympics-96)

1979-10-31

Saaphyri Windsor, American reality tv figure

1979-10-31

Saaphyri Windsor, Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav

1980-03-01

Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard

1980-03-01

Rose Windsor, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

1981-04-23

Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael

1982-06-21

Prince William Windsor, The Royal Wedding

1984-9-15

Prince Harry Windsor, Episode #1.1

1992-09-30

Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward

2003-11-08

Lady Louise Windsor, British royal

2007-09-22

Albert Windsor, descendant of British monarch

2007-12-17

James Windsor, Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

2010-05-20

Lady Cosima Windsor, daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster

1365-07-27

Isabella of England marries Enguerrand of Coucy at Windsor

1863-03-10

Prince of Wales, Albert Edward (21) weds Princess Alexandra of Denmark (18) at Windsor Castle in St. George's chapel

1937-06-03

Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France

1970-10-02

Scottish singer Donovan (24) weds Linda Lawrence at Windsor Registry Office

1989-09-23

Tennis Ace Zina Garrison (25) weds businessman Willard Jackson (25) at the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston

1992-07-18

Helen Windsor, daughter of British Duke and Duchess of Kent weds art dealer Timothy Taylor at Windsor Castle

1999-06-19

Earl of Wessex Prince Edward (35) weds Sophie Rhys-Jones (34) at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

2001-07-28

Six-time golf winner Nick Faldo (44) weds third wife Valerie Bercher on a lavish ceremony in Windsor, England

2006-11-04

Croatian princess Paola Doimi de Frankopan (37) weds son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent Lord Nicholas Windsor (37) at St. Stephen of Abyssina in Vatican City

1931-05-26

Adele Windsor, True to the Navy

1942-08-25

George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)

1963-11-28

Tammy Windsor, The Little Shop of Horrors

1982-08-04

Márcia de Windsor, O Profeta

1986-04-24

Wallis Simpson [Duchess of Windsor], British King Edward VIII abdicated for her, dies at 89

1986-04-24

Duchess of Windsor, A King's Story

1995-04-29

Ann Windsor, The ABC Murders

1996-04-24

Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83

1998-04-08

Nick Auf der Maur, Windsor Protocol

2000-03-16

Norman Foster, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

2000-12-10

Marie Windsor, American film actress (b. 1919)

2000-12-10

Marie Windsor, General Hospital

2001-12-17

Martha Mödl, The Merry Wives of Windsor

2006-11-06

Joy Windsor, Life's a Stage

2007-08-30

Helmut Krebs, The Merry Wives of Windsor

2008-10-15

Joyce Windsor, Porn Yesterday

2008-11-03

Rosella Hightower, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

2010-06-20

Helmut Straßburger, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

2013-11-04

Herbert Brauer, The Merry Wives of Windsor

2017-09-13

Edith Windsor: Gay rights trailblazer dies aged 88