Births: • Gainsborough, Margaret (1751-1820) • Madison, James (1751-1836) • María Luisa de Parma, Queen consort of Spain (1751-1819) Events: • Palacio Real opened in Madrid. Literature: • Fielding, Henry (1707-1754): Amelia (1751) Art: • Boucher, François (1703-1770): La Toilette de Vénus (1751) • Boucher, François (1703-1770): Le Bain…
Category: 18th Century
1743
Births: • Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) • Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) • Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793) Literature: • Fielding, Henry (1707-1754): The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (1743) Music: • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778): Les Muses Galantes (1743) Architecture: • The construction of…
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…