Historical clue formulations

• Showers with flowers and sweets, say — 2025-11-19
• Tries to win — 2025-03-13
• Romances — 2025-02-14
• Tries to win over — 2021-05-11
• Goes a-courting — 2020-08-17
• Courts — 2020-06-14
• Showers with flowers and chocolates, maybe — 2019-09-02
• Pursues romantically — 2019-06-10
• Courts — 2018-10-20
• Tries to win, as a damsel — 2018-05-21
• Tries to win — 2017-10-20
• Tries to win — 2013-02-13
• Tries to get — 2009-07-03
• Goes after, in a way — 2008-09-05
• Romances — 2005-11-22
• Courts — 2004-09-26
• Tries to win — 2004-04-30
• Courts — 2002-12-17
• Romances — 2002-11-27
• Courts — 2000-05-17
• Coaxes — 1998-02-24
• Seeks favor with — 1996-01-27
• Courts — 1994-07-26