Rulers: • Charles I, King of England (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Ireland (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Scotland (1625-1649) • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Births: • La Bruyère, Jean…
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1473
Rulers: • Enrique IV, King of Castile and León (1454-1474) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Lorenzo I de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1469-1492) Births: • Gallerani, Cecilia (1473-1536) Art: • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Madonna del Rosario (1473) • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Polittico di San…
1457
Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Enrique IV, King of Castile and León (1454-1474) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Births: • Benci, Ginevra de’ Benci (1457-post 1490) • Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Art: • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo…
1781
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Art: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Seashore with Fishermen (c.1781-82) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Tristram and Fox (c.1775-85) • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Regata sul Canal Grande (1780-93) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792): Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-90)
1777
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Clary, Désirée (1777-1860) Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Dedalo e Icaro (1777-79) • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Orfeo (1777) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le bluff de l’aveugle (c.1775-80) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Les marionnettes (1775-78) •…
1774
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778): Daphnis et Chloè (1774-76) Art: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Juego de niños: El paso o el marro (c.1770-80) • Guardi,…
1772
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) Architecture: • Place de la Concorde (Paris) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-72) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): The Artist’s Daughter Margaret (c.1772)…
1771
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Clary, Julie (1771-1845) • Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) • Scott, Walter (1771-1832) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-72) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Juego de niños: El…
1769
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Napoléon I (1769-1821) • Sureda y Miserol, Bartolomé (1769-1850) • Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Dame au chien (c.1769) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Jérôme de…
1766
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Art: • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore (1765-75)