1. Weddings 5,000 years of ‘I Do’ Chiara Barbato CS110-3 Professor Scaramastra

2. Home History of weddings or Brief history of weddings Annual rate from 1996 to 2013 Monthly rate from 2009 Six weird facts about marriage

3. Brief History Historians believe that the first wedding occured some 4350 years ago. 2800 BCE: Egypt, first recorded use of wedding bands. 1477 CE: Maximilian I popularizes the diamond engagement ring. 1840 CE: Queen Victoria wears a white satin wedding gown, starting a tradition. 1858 CE: Princess Victoria plays Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus” durimg her processional.

4. There are approximately 7,000 weddings each day in the United States.... And in average there are 249,293 weddings each year

5. yeartotal wedding 1996278611 1997277738 1998280034 1999280330 2000284410 2001264026 2002270013 2003264097 2004248969 2005247740 2006245992 2007250360 2008246613 2009224613 2010217700 2011204830 2012207138 2013194057 avarage249293 Number of weddings from 1996 to 2013

6. Even if the number of weddings between italians is the greatest, recently, the number of weddings between couples with at least one foreign is increasing. It already increased by 117,5% from 1996. Year At least a foreign 1996 11993 2013 26080 +117.5%

7. Different types of weddings

8. According to studies, it is common for people to get married in September. Summer is the most chosen season to organize a wedding, according to the statistics June, July and August are respectively second, third and fourth place.

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11. In addition to a decrease in weddings rate, there was also an increase in divorces and separations. Separations 200720082009 Annual growth rate 1.23.42.1 Divorces200720082009 Annual growth rate 2.37.30.2

12. By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher. Socrates