Deaths: • Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677) Architecture: • Palazzo Rosso completed in Genova. Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Diana ed Endimione (c.1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Cleopatra’s Banquet (c.1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Hagar in the Desert (1675-80)
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1604
Rulers: • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-05) • Shakespeare,…
1801
Rulers: • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801) • Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809) • Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic (1799-1804) Events: • Musée d’Arts de Nantes established in Nantes, France. •…
1345
Architecture: • The Cathédrale Notre-Dame opens in Paris, France.
406 BC
Deaths: • Euripides (c.480 BC-406 BC) • Sophocles (c.496 BC-406 BC)
496 BC
Births: • Sophocles (c.496 BC-406 BC)
1385
Architecture: • The construction of the Basilica di Santa Croce is completed in Florence.
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)
1651
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Events: • Galleria Doria Pamphilj established in Rome. Births: • Margarita Teresa de Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1651-1673) Art: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Fontana dei Fiumi (1651) • Bernini,…
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)…