Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Events: • Bildergalerie Sanssouci established in Potsdam. • Hermitage Museum established in Saint Petersburg. Births: • Fernández Flores, Miguel (1764-1822) Deaths: • Pompadour, Madame de (1721-1764) Art: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Portrait of the…
Category: 18th Century
1792
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: • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud closed in Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France. • Nationalmuseum founded in Stockholm as “Kungliga Museet” (Royal Museum). Births: • Rossini, Gioachino…
1723
Births: • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (1723-24) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25)
1788
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) Births: • Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) Deaths: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Music: • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No. 40 (1788) • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony…
1727
Births: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): La Dogana a Venezia (c.1724-30) • Canaletto (1697-1768): La Riva degli Schiavoni a Venezia (c.1724-30) • Canaletto (1697-1768): Ricevimento dell’Ambasciatore francese (1726-27)
1793
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 Nancy. • Musée du Louvre established in Paris. Deaths: • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) •…
1712
Births: • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) Deaths: • Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Music: • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): La Stravaganza (1712-13) • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Stabat Mater (1712) Art: • Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712): Library Interior with Still Life (1711-12)…
1780
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) • Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese (1780-1825) Deaths: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Architecture: • Gads Hill Place, Higham (England) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (1780s)…
1721
Births: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) • Pompadour, Madame de (1721-1764) Deaths: • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Paesaggio con rovine (c.1721-22) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (1719-21) •…
1768
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Events: • Royal Academy of Arts founded in London. Births: • Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, Naples and Sicily (1768-1844) Deaths: • Canaletto (1697-1768) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le Retour du troupeau (c.1768-70) •…