Births: • Canaletto (1697-1768) Architecture: • St Paul’s Cathedral consecrated in London. Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Omaggio a Velázquez (c.1692-1700)
Canaletto
(1697–1768) Giovanni Antonio Canal The artist’s works: Piazza San Marco late 1720s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Paesaggio con rovine c.1721–1722 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia 1723–1724 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid La Dogana a Venezia c.1724–1730 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna…
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:…
Michelangelo
(1475–1564) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni The artist’s works: Madonna della Scala c.1490 Casa Buonarroti, Firenze Battaglia dei centauri 1490–1492 Casa Buonarroti, Firenze Madonna di Manchester c.1494 National Gallery, London Bacco 1496–1497 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Pietà 1498–1499 San Pietro, Vaticano…
1976
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (1974-1977) Births: • Cumberbatch, Benedict (1976) • Derqui, Pablo (1976) • Farrell, Colin (1976) • Hawkins, Sally (1976) • Kruger, Diane (1976) • Macdonald, Kelly (1976) • Murphy,…