Events: • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud founded in Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France.
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1782
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Chapelle, Madeleine (1782-1849) • Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Architecture: • Santa Maria del Carmine completed in Firenze, Italia. Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Teseo sul Minotauro (1782) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a…
1154
Rulers: • Henry II, King of England (1154-1189)
1189
Rulers: • Henry II, King of England (1154-1189) • Richard I, King of England (1189-1199) • Philippe II Auguste, King of France (1180-1223) Deaths: • Henry II, King of England (1133-1189)
1152
1767
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) • Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Alceste (1767) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Les Hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (c.1767-68) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Portrait d’un homme en…
1758
Births: • Monroe, James (1758-1831) • Picton, Thomas (1758-1815) • Robespierre, Maximilien de (1758-1794) Art: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780): La fortezza di Königstein (1756-58) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): La fortezza di Königstein vista da Nord (1756-58) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780): La fortezza di Königstein, cortile (1756-58) •…
1751
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…
1122
Births: • Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204)
1836
Rulers: • Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837) • Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844) Events: • Alte Pinakothek established in Munich. • National Library of Medicine founded in Bethesda. Births: • Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) • Blau, Édouard (1836-1906) • Delibes, Léo (1836-1891) • Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)…