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…
Category: 18th Century
1789
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: • Taylor, Isidore Justin Séverin (1789-1879) • Van Gogh, Vincent, Grandfather (1789-1874) Literature: • Blake, William (1757-1827): Songs of Innocence, and Songs…
1799
Deaths: • Washington, George (1732-1799)
1732
Births: • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) • Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) • Lalande, Jérôme (1732-1807) • Washington, George (1732-1799) Literature: • Fielding, Henry (1707-1754): The Old Debauchees. A Comedy (1732) Architecture: • Bush-Holley House built in Cos Cob, Greenwich, CT. Art:…
1757
Events: • Museo di Capodimonte founded in Naples. Births: • Barrenechea y Morante, María Rita (1757-1795) • Blake, William (1757-1827) • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Deaths: • Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Art: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780): La fortezza di Königstein (1756-58) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): La fortezza di Königstein vista…
1734
Events: • Musei Capitolini opened in Rome. Births: • Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas Edmé (1734-1806) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Piazza San Marco, Venezia (c.1730-34) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): L’Immacolata Concezione (1733-36) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna con Bambino (1730-35)
1776
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)…
1765
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Events: • The Galleria degli Uffizi opens to the public in Florence. • The Père Lathuille Restaurant opens in Paris. Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Capriccio (c.1765) • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Salone principale del Ridotto…
1775
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Austen, Jane (1775-1817) • Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) 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): Le…
1798
Rulers: • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801) Events: • Musée de Grenoble established in France. • Rijksmuseum founded in The Hague. Births: • Clairmont, Claire (1798-1879) • Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) • Leopardi, Giacomo (1798-1837) Deaths: • Burr, Margaret…