Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) • Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese (1780-1825) Deaths: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Architecture: • Gads Hill Place, Higham (England) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (1780s)…
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1721
Births: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) • Pompadour, Madame de (1721-1764) Deaths: • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Paesaggio con rovine (c.1721-22) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (1719-21) •…
1768
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Events: • Royal Academy of Arts founded in London. Births: • Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, Naples and Sicily (1768-1844) Deaths: • Canaletto (1697-1768) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le Retour du troupeau (c.1768-70) •…
1697
Births: • Canaletto (1697-1768) Architecture: • St Paul’s Cathedral consecrated in London. Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Omaggio a Velázquez (c.1692-1700)
1520
Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Federico II Gonzaga, 5th Marquis of Mantua (1519-1530) • François I, King of France (1515-1547) • Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547) • Henry VIII, Lord of Ireland (1509-1542) • Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici), Pope…
1483
Rulers: • Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (1474-1489) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, King of Castile and León (1475-1504) • Fernando II, King of Aragón, Majorca, Sardinia and Valencia (1479-1516) • Fernando II, Count of…
1519
Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Federico II Gonzaga, 5th Marquis of Mantua (1519-1530) • François I, King of France (1515-1547) • Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547) • Henry VIII, Lord of Ireland (1509-1542) • Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici), Pope…
1452
Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Births: • Fernando II de Aragón (1452-1516) • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) • Sforza, Ludovico il Moro, Duke of…
1564
Rulers: • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) Births: • Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) • Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) • Marlowe,…
1475
Rulers: • Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (1474-1489) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, King of Castile and León (1475-1504) • Isabel I, Queen of Castile and León (1474-1504) • Lorenzo I de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1469-1492) Births:…