* 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.

After completing more tasks at the ALSEP, Young and Duke returned to the LM to close out the moonwalk.

After three hours and six minutes, Young and Duke returned to the LM, where they completed several experiments and offloaded the rover.

When, on 2 August 1100, William II was killed by an arrow in a hunting accident in the New Forest, where Henry was also hunting, Duke Robert had not yet returned from the First Crusade.

Starting in January 1863, he returned to the Boston Museum for a series of plays, including the role of the villain Duke Pescara in The Apostate that won acclaim from audiences and critics.

The injured were treated at Duke Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, after which they returned to Myrtle Beach to recuperate.

Having obtained a safe-conduct from Robert Guiscard, the Norman Count ( later Duke ) of Apulia, he returned to his monastery and was duly installed by Cardinal Humbert on Easter Day 1058.

After Imperial German troops drove out the French, Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico, became Duke of Milan ( 1513-1515 ) until the French returned under Francis I of France and imprisoned him.

After treating in vain for a marriage between one of his sons and Mary, daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Albert handed over the government of Brandenburg to his eldest son John, and returned to his Franconian possessions.

Under these circumstances Albert returned to Brandenburg in 1478, compelled the Pomeranians to recognize his supremacy, and, after a stubborn struggle, secured a part of Duke Henry's lands for his daughter in 1482.

As well as its regular car chases, jumps and stunts, the show relied on character familiarity, with Deputy Cletus replacing Deputy Enos in the third and fourth season, and Coy and Vance Duke temporarily replacing Bo and Luke ( due to a salary dispute ) in the fifth season, being the only major cast changes through the show's run ( Ben Jones and James Best both left temporarily during the second season due to different disputes with producers, but both returned within a couple of episodes ).

George Canning himself died less than four months later and, after the brief premiership of Lord Goderich, Peel returned to the post of Home Secretary under the premiership of his long-time ally the Duke of Wellington.

Infuriated, Roger returned to Sicily and asked his son Roger III, Duke of Apulia, to invade Campania.

In October, they returned to Britain, the Duke and Duchess to Scotland and Anne to England.

The King died while Princess Elizabeth and the Duke were in Kenya en route to the southern hemisphere, and they returned immediately to London as the new Queen and consort.

In 1814, when French rule in Italy ended ( but after the death of Duke Ercole ), Modena was returned to his daughter Mary Beatrice and her son, Archduke Francis of Austria-Este.

With Berengar I of Italy ( 850-924 ), Duke of Friuli, later king of Italy and from 915 emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Monza returned to the importance it had lost after the death of Queen Teodolinda.

He was created Duke of Touraine in 1360, but in 1363, as a reward for his behaviour at Poitiers, he returned this to the crown, receiving instead from his father the Duchy of Burgundy in apanage, which his father had been Duke of since the death of Philip of Rouvres in 1361.

Barbarossa's son, Emperor Henry VI, again defeated the Duke, but in 1194, with his end approaching, he made his peace with the Emperor, and returned to his much diminished lands around Brunswick, where he finished his days as duke of Braunschweig, peacefully sponsoring arts and architecture.

The marriage of Charles VIII to Duchess Anne of Brittany had allowed the eventual return of his fiance, young Margaret, to Burgundy and the care of her step-grandmother the Dowager Duchess ; the Peace of Senlis, which returned her to her family, also returned her dowry of the Counties of Artois and Palatine Burgundy, and laid down that Duke Philip would take up personal rule in the following year when he reached age 16.

After the war concluded in 1674, the Delaware territory was again returned to the English, at which point it was placed under the control of James Stuart, Duke of York.

After the king's death Odo returned to his earldom and soon organized a rebellion in support of William's son Robert Curthose, who had been made Duke of Normandy.

Arundel was given by the crown to John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, but when he was executed by Henry IV, Arundel was returned to the FitzAlan line once again.

Framlingham was returned to Thomas and the Duke spent his retirement there ; he decorated his table at the castle with gold and silver plate that he had seized from the Scots at Flodden.