Rulers: • Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844) • Fernando VII, King of Spain (1813-1833) • James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (1817-1825) • Louis XVIII, King of France (1814-1824) Events: • Hessisches Landesmuseum opened in Darmstadt. Births: • Duval, Jeanne…
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2000
Rulers: • Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • The National Gallery of British Art (London) becames Tate Britain. Deaths: • Autant-Lara, Claude (1901-2000) • Barty, Billy (1924-2000) • Clay, Nicholas (1946-2000) • Colicos, John…
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…
1933
Rulers: • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) • Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-45) Events: • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened in Kansas City. Births: • Aiello, Danny (1933-2019) • Barry, John (1933-2011) • Belmondo, Jean-Paul (1933-2021) • Boorman, John…
1931
Rulers: • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) Events: • Joslyn Art Museum opened in Omaha. Births: • Arnoul, Françoise (1931-2021) • Asti, Adriana (1931-2025) • Bancroft, Anne (1931-2005) • Bloom, Claire (1931) • Boyd, Stephen (1931-1977) • Carrière, Jean-Claude (1931-2021) • Duvall, Robert (1931-2026) • Ekberg, Anita (1931-2015)…
1930
Rulers: • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) Events: • Groeningemuseum opened in Bruges. • Southampton City Art Gallery built in Southampton. Births: • Blakely, Colin (1930-1987) • Bosco, Philip (1930-2018) • Chabrol, Claude (1930-2010) • Coco, James (1930-1987) • Connery, Sean (1930-2020) • Dillman, Bradford (1930-2018) • Gazzara, Ben (1930-2012)…
1929
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) • Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) Events: • Museum of Modern Art established in New York. • Thomas Mann (1875-1955): Nobel Prize in Literature. Births: • Ashby, Hal (1929-1988) • Brel, Jacques (1929-1978) • Deray, Jacques (1929-2003) • Dysart,…
1928
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • Kenwood House, Iveagh Bequest (London) opens to the public. • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai opened in Tournai. • Museo Civico Ala Ponzone opened in Cremona. • Utrillo (1883-1955) is made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Births: • Blake, Katharine…
1927
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • Detroit Institute of Arts opened in Detroit. • Georg von Trapp marries Maria on November 26 in Salzburg. • Musée de l’Orangerie opened in Paris. • National Museum Wales opened in Cardiff. Births: • Daniels, William (1927)…
1925
Rulers: • Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) Events: • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950): Nobel Prize in Literature. Births: • Beck, Julian (1925-1985) • Blackman, Honor (1925-2020) • Bouquet, Michel (1925-2022) • Burton, Richard (1925-1984) • Cole, George (1925-2015) • Curtis, Tony (1925-2010) • Delerue, Georges (1925-1992) •…