Rulers: • Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844) • Fernando VII, King of Spain (1813-1833) • John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (1825-1829) Deaths: • Adams, John (1735-1826) • Gainsborough, Mary (1750-1826) • Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Literature: • Blake, William (1757-1827): Illustrations of…
Month: August 2012
1735
Births: • Adams, John (1735-1826) Architecture: • The construction of the Palacio Real starts in Madrid. Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore (c.1735-44) • Canaletto (1697-1768): Bacino di San Marco dal Canale della Giudecca (c.1735-44) • Canaletto (1697-1768): Il…
1800
Rulers: • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801) • Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic (1799-1804) Events: • June 14: Battle of Marengo Births: • Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) Music: • Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony N° 1 (1800)…
1799
Rulers: • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801) • Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic (1799-1804) Events: • March 11: Napoléon Bonaparte visits the plague victims of Jaffa. Births: • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) •…
1797
Rulers: • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) • John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801) Births: • Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848) • Manet, Auguste (1797-1862) • Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851) Deaths: •…
1796
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Events: • Accademia Carrara founded in Bergamo. • Battle of Arcole (November 15–17) • Národní Galerie v Praze established in Prague Births: • Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) •…
1795
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Births: • Keats, John (1795-1821) • Polk, James Knox (1795-1849) Deaths: • Barrenechea y Morante, María Rita (1757-1795) Architecture: • Moore Hall completed in County…
1794
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Events: • Musée des Beaux-Arts established in Rennes. Deaths: • Danton, Georges (1759-1794) • Robespierre, Maximilien de (1758-1794) Literature: • Austen, Jane (1775-1817): Lady…
1791
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Births: • Buchanan, James (1791-1868) • Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Deaths: • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Literature: • Blake, William (1757-1827): Mary…
1790
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Births: • Tyler, John (1790-1862) Literature: • Austen, Jane (1775-1817): Love and Freindship (1790) • Blake, William (1757-1827): Songs of Innocence, and Songs…