Rulers:
• Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796)
Events:
• Albertina founded in Vienna.
• Pinacoteca di Brera founded in Milano.
Births:
• Constable, John (1776-1837)
Music:
• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778): Daphnis et Chloè (1774-76)
Art:
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Euridice (1775-76)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Orfeo (1775-76)
• Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): La lettre (c.1776)
• Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le bluff de l’aveugle (c.1775-80)
• Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Les marionnettes (1775-78)
• Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Portrait of Sarah Buxton (c.1776-77)
• Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Tristram and Fox (c.1775-85)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Juego de niños: El paso o el marro (c.1770-80)
• Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Piazza San Marco a Venezia (after 1776)
• Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Veduta della Piazzetta verso San Giorgio Maggiore (c.1770-80)
• Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Veduta sul Canale di Cannaregio, Venezia (c.1775-80)