Caroline Lucretia Herschel ( 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848 ) was a German-British astronomer and the sister of astronomer Sir William Herschel with whom she worked throughout both of their careers.

The Caroline Lucretia Gallery opened in 2011.

Two weeks after the surrender of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, Nicholls wed the former Caroline Zilpha Guion, the daughter of George Seth Guion and the former Caroline Lucretia Winder.

* 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer ( d. 1848 )

The number of nebulae was then greatly expanded by the efforts of William Herschel and his sister Caroline Herschel.

Herschel's discoveries were supplemented by those of Caroline Herschel ( 11 objects ) and his son John Herschel ( 1754 objects ) and published by him as General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters in 1864.

* Caroline Herschel is granted an annual salary of £ 50 by King George III of Great Britain for acting as assistant to her brother William in astronomy.

* August 1 – Caroline Herschel discovers a comet ( the first discovered by a woman ).

While it is commonly accepted that Herschel Island ( in the Arctic Ocean, part of the Yukon Territory ) was named after him, the entries in the expedition journal of Sir John Franklin state that the latter wished to honour the Herschel name, about which John Herschel ’ s father ( Sir William Herschel ) and his aunt ( Caroline Herschel ) constitute two other notable members of this family.

# Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel ( 31 March 1830 – 29 Jan 1909 ), who married Alexander Hamilton-Gordon

The comet was also identified with the one seen by Pierre Méchain in 1786 and by Caroline Herschel in 1795.

Caroline was born in Hannover to Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen of Hannover.

William was labeled an astronomer ; however, Caroline Herschel was an astronomer in her own right.

A telescope that William Herschel made for Caroline 1795

Caroline returned to Hanover in 1822 following her brother's death, but did not abandon her astronomical studies, continuing to verify and confirm William's findings and producing a catalogue of nebulae to assist her nephew John Herschel in his work.

Caroline Herschel died at Hanover on 9 January 1848.

* Caroline Herschel is granted an annual salary of £ 50 by King George III of Great Britain for acting as assistant to her brother William in astronomy.

* Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville become the first women members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

* Lady Caroline FitzGerald ( 1750 – 1754 ).

Louise Caroline was born at Gottorp in the Duchy of Schleswig to Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel ( 19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836 ) and his wife Princess Louise of Denmark ( 30 January 1750 – 12 January 1831 ).

He was assisted throughout his work by his sister Caroline Herschel ( 1750 – 1848 ).

Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway ( Christiansborg Castle, 20 January 1750 – Gottorp, 12 January 1831 ) was born to King Frederik V of Denmark and Louise of Great Britain, the daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.

In American history important spokesmen included Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ( 1735 – 1813 ), and John Taylor of Caroline ( 1753 – 1824 ) in the early national period.

* 1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque daughter of Caroline, Princess of Hanover

* 1989 – Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in the North Sea by British and Dutch governments.

* 1813 – Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria ( d. 1862 )

#**** Eugénie Laetitia Barbe Caroline Lucienne Marie Jeanne Bonaparte ( 1872 – 1949 )

# Maria Annunziata Caroline Bonaparte ( 1782 – 1839 ) married Joachim Murat, Marshal of France

#* Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat ( 16 May 1803 – 10 April 1878 ), married Caroline Georgina Fraser ( 1810 – 1879 ).

#** Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II ( 1830 – 1893 ), married Caroline Le Roy Appleton Edgar

* 1963 – Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress

* 1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.

* 1933 – Caroline Blakiston, British actress

Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of two sons born to Grace Caroline ( née Swanson ; 1895 – 1997 ) and Glenn Lucius Hefner ( 1896 – 1976 ), both teachers.

* John Ford ( dramatist ) ( 1586 – ca. 1640 ), English playwright and poet during Jacobean and Caroline literary eras ; best known for 1633 tragedy Tis Pity She's a Whore

* 2012 – Caroline John, English actress ( b. 1940 )

They cultivated only those arts which could add splendor to the nation, to the neglect of those which supported it – They neglected Trade & substantial Manufacture ... but does it follow that a total revolution is necessary that because we have given ourselves up too much to the ornaments of life, we will now have none at all ". When attending a dinner at Holland House, Fox's niece Caroline was sat next to Reynolds and " burst out into glorification of the Revolution – and was grievously chilled and checked by her neighbour's cautious and unsympathetic tone ".

* 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( d. 1983 )

* 1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model

* 1984 – Andrea Casiraghi, French son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover

* 1751 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ( d. 1775 )

* 1990 – Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player

* 1949 – Caroline Munro, British actress