1601

Rulers: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Hamlet (1599-1601)…

Jan Brueghel the Younger

(1601–1678) The artist’s works: A Basket of Flowers probably 1620s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld 1630s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born September 13 1601 Antwerp (Belgium) Died September 1 1678 Antwerp (Belgium)…

1568

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) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Barberini, Maffeo (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) • Brueghel, Jan…

1625

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) • Felipe IV, King of Portugal (1621-1640) • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James…

Jan Brueghel the Elder

(1568–1625) The artist’s works: The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1594 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Mountainous Landscape with Herdsmen c.1595 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Adoration of the Magi 1598–1600 Hermitage…

1638

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) • Felipe IV, King of Portugal (1621-1640) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) • Urbanus…

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

(1564–1638) The artist’s works: The Building of the Tower of Babel c.1595 Museo del Prado, Madrid .Garland with the Adoration of the Magi 16th–17th century Museo del Prado, Madrid The Rape of Proserpina 16th–17th century Museo del Prado, Madrid Landscape…

1569

Rulers: • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574) • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Deaths:…

1525

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) Births: • Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-1569)…

T. S. Eliot: Quotations

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) “Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night together.” A Note on War Poetry, st. 3-4 “The heavy burden of the growing soul Perplexes and offends more, day by day; Week…