* 1923 – The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.

In the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act was, with the consent of the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and South African governments, passed through parliament and the Crown thus passed to the next-in-line descendant of Sophia: Edward's brother, Prince Albert, Duke of York.

Feeling against Catholics, and especially against James, Duke of York, was running strongly ; the Exclusion Bill had been passed by the House of Commons, and the popularity of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, was very great.

* In the 1989 film Major League it was announced of fictional New York Yankees pitcher Duke Simpson: " The Duke led the American League this year in saves, ERA, and hit batsmen.

To settle the matter, it was agreed that Catherine would marry Henry VII's second son, Henry, Duke of York, who was five years younger than she was.

It included later mainstays such as " Frog and toad — the main road " and " Apples and pears — stairs " as well as many that later grew more obscure, e. g. " Battle of the Nile — a tile ( vulgar term for a hat )", " Duke of York — take a walk ", and " Top of Rome — home ".

Charles as Duke of York and Albany, c. 1611

In 1605, Charles was created Duke of York, which is customary in the case of the sovereign's second son.

Only nine years later, in 1664, the Dutch were conquered by a fleet of English ships by Sir Robert Carr under the direction of James, the Duke of York.

* 1460 – Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne ( killed in battle ) ( b. 1411 )

* 1460 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, second son of Richard, Duke of York ( murdered after battle ) ( b. 1443 )

Brain, who knows Snake, tells him that the self-proclaimed " Duke of New York " ( Isaac Hayes ), has the President and plans to lead a mass escape across the mined and heavily guarded 69th Street Bridge, using the President as a human shield.

* Isaac Hayes as The Duke of New York City

* 1960 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York

# 1683 – 1685 James Stuart, Duke of York

In 1501, the king's son Arthur, having married Catherine of Aragon, died of an illness at the age of 15, leaving his younger son Henry, Duke of York, as his heir.

His tour came 735 years after his ancestor, Edward I of England ( then Prince Edward ), had also been on military duty in the Middle East during the Ninth crusade, and also made Harry the first member of the Royal Family to have served in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, flew helicopters during the Falklands War.

* 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York ( later to become King James II of England ) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.

Simcoe moved the capital to Toronto in 1793, renaming the settlement York after Frederick, Duke of York, George III's second son.

* 1943 – Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.

* 1986 – In London, England, United Kingdom, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

" The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen of the City, treated their King with a collation under a tent, placed in St. George's Fields ; and five or six hundred citizens cloathed in coats of black velvet, and ( not improperly ) wearing chains about their necks, by an order of the Common Council, attended on the triumph of that day ;... and those who had been so often defeated in the field, and had contributed nothing either of bravery or policy to this change, in ordering the souldiery to ride with swords drawn through the city of London to White Hall, the Duke of York and Monk leading the way ; and intimating ( as was supposed ) a resolution to maintain that by force which had been obtained by fraud.

Alexander (; ) ( 5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506 ) of the House of Jagiellon was the Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland.

* Infante Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique Alberto Alfonso Victor Acacio Pedro Maria of Spain ( 1908 – 1975 ), a deaf-mute as the result of a childhood operation, he renounced his rights to the throne in 1933 and became Duke of Segovia, and later Duke of Madrid, and who, as a legitimist pretender to the French throne from 1941 to 1975, was known as the Duke of Anjou.

When Absalon retired from military service in 1184 at the age of fifty-seven, he resigned the command of fleets and armies to younger men, like Duke Valdemar, the later king Valdemar II.

However, Mary II died childless in 1694, after which William III did not remarry, and Princess Anne's last surviving child, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, died six years later, after which it was unlikely she would have any more children due to her age and the large number of miscarriages she had previously suffered.

Cardinal Murphy-O ' Connor, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England, pointed out that Prince William ( later the Duke of Cambridge ) " can marry by law a Hindu, a Buddhist, anyone, but not a Roman Catholic ".

Arnulf kept his seat here and from later events it may be inferred that the Carantanians, from an early time, treated him as their own Duke.

In Florence on 8 September 1787 ( by proxy ) and again in Dresden on 18 October 1787 ( in person ), Anton married a second time with the Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria ( Maria Theresia Josephe Charlotte Johanna ), daughter of the Grand Duke Leopold I of Tuscany, later Emperor Leopold II.

Two hours later the Duke followed with the main body: 74 battalions, 123 squadrons, 90 pieces of artillery and 20 mortars, totalling 62, 000 troops.

Two hours later the Duke, accompanied by the Dutch field commander Field Marshal Overkirk, General Daniel Dopff, and the Allied staff, rode up to Cadogan where on the horizon to the westward he could discern the massed ranks of the French army deploying for battle along the four mile ( 6. 4 km ) front.

Marlborough ’ s horse tumbled and the Duke was thrown – " Milord Marlborough was rid over ," wrote Orkney some time later.

On 6 January 1681, the first recorded boxing match took place in Britain when Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle ( and later Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica ) engineered a bout between his butler and his butcher with the latter winning the prize.

These were followed by groups of infantry ( dismounted cavalry ) commanded, respectively, by the Dauphin ( later Charles V of France ), the Duke of Orléans and King Jean.

Lauded as a hero by the Neapolitan court, Nelson was later to dabble in Neapolitan politics and become the Duke of Bronté, actions for which he was criticised by his superiors and his reputation suffered.

When, three years later, 3D Realms released Duke Nukem 3D, a tongue-in-cheek science fiction shooter based on Ken Silverman's technologically similar Build engine, id Software had nearly finished Quake, its next-generation game, which mirrored Dooms success for the remainder of the 1990s and significantly reduced interest in its predecessor.

The Plutonium PAK was also released as an upgrade package to convert the original release of Duke Nukem 3D ( v1. 3d ) to the new Atomic Edition ( v1. 4, later patched to v1. 5 ).

Wiederhold was later hired by 3D Realms to work on the sequel Duke Nukem Forever.

* Duke! Zone II: WizardWorks later published a follow-up to the original Duke! ZONE which contained three episodes created by Simply Silly Software and the same 500 + levels from Duke! Zone.

" With satisfaction came severe personal difficulties: acting the same role over an extended period, it became impossible for him to separate Ziggy Stardust — and, later, the Thin White Duke — from his own character offstage.

Among the notable alumni of AFI are: Darren Aronofsky, Jon Avnet, Keith D. Black, Wally Pfister, Stuart Cornfeld, Bill Duke, Edward James Olmos, Carl Colpaert, Rodrigo García, Steve Golin, Patrick Creadon, Amy Heckerling, Marshall Herskovitz, Janusz Kamiński, Matthew Libatique, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, John McTiernan, Paul Schrader, Frank Spotnitz, Mark Waters, Gary Winick, Edward Zwick, and Susannah Grant.

* 1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader ( d. 1734 )

Eight minutes before departing the lunar surface, capsule communicator ( CAPCOM ) James Irwin notified Young and Duke from mission control that they were go for liftoff.

* 1868 – Henry James O ' Farrell, Australian attempted assassin of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Indeed, methods for constructing " objective " ( alternatively, " default " or " ignorance ") priors have been developed by avowed subjective ( or " personal ") Bayesians like James Berger ( Duke University ) and José-Miguel Bernardo ( Universitat de València ), simply because such priors are needed for Bayesian practice, particularly in science.

** James ( Jaime ), 4th Duke of Braganza and 2nd Duke of Guimarães.

James O. Duke and Anthony L. Dunnavant.

: Heir apparent: Charles James Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford ( b. 1955 ), eldest surviving son of the 11th Duke

A total of 15 Moon walks were performed by members of six Apollo crews, including Charles " Pete " Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene " Gene " Cernan and Dr. Harrison " Jack " Schmitt.

The Duke also insisted to his companions that his death be kept a secret until Louis was informed – the men were to journey from Saint James across the Pyrenees as quickly as possible, to call at Bordeaux to notify the Archbishop, and then to make all speed to Paris, to inform the King.

James II King of England & James VII King of Scots, King of Ireland and Duke of Normandy

After the suspicious death ( possibly on the orders of the Duke of Albany ) of his elder son, David, Duke of Rothesay in 1402, Robert, fearful for the safety of his younger son, the future James I, sent him to France in 1406.

Official attempts to suppress these led to a rising in 1679, defeated by James Duke of Monmouth, the King's illegitimate son, at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge.

* 1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander ( b. 1670 )

* 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.