Late Seventeenth-Century Chronology (1640–1699)

History:

1652: Society of Friends (Quakers) established

1660: Restoration (England)

1664: Newton & laws of gravity

1671: Newton & reflecting telescope

1675: St. Paul's Cathedral, London

1682: Versailles

1687: Newton, Principia

1692-1693: Salem Witchcraft trials

1648: Peace of Westphalia

1661: Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist

1666: Newton & spectrum

1673: French in Mississippi River

1677: van Leeuwenhoek discovers protozoa

1683: van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria

1688: James II of England expelled

(Thirty-Years War)

(Thirty-Years War & Dutch War, end 1648)

1661: Louis XIV crowned King of France

1666: Académie Royale des sciences founded

1670: Molière, Le bourgeois gentilhomme.

1675: Roemer & speed of light

1683: Turks besiege Vienna

1690: Chr. Huygens & wave theory of light

1696: Savery & steam engine

(1618–1648)

1662: Royal Society

1675: Greenwich Observatory

1568–1648: Dutch Wars of Independence.

Music Events:

1669: Royal Academy of Music founded, Paris.

1641: Fontana, Sonate

1640: The Bay Psalm Book.

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Composers:

1567-1643 Monteverdi

Monteverdi d. 1643

1583-1643 Frescobaldi

Frescobaldi d. 1643

1585-1672 Heinrich Schütz

Schütz d. 1672

1587-1654 Samuel Scheidt

Samuel Scheidt d. 1654

1592-1678 John Jenkins

Jenkins d. 1678

ca. 1594-1665 Tarquinio Merula

Merula d. 1665

1595-1642

Buonamente d. 1642

ca. 1595-1665 Biagio Marini

Marini d. 1665

1596-1662 Henry Lawes

H. Lawes d. 1662

1597-1653 Luigi Rossi

L. Rossi d. 1653

1602-1645 William Lawes

Lawes d. 1645

1602-1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli

Cavalli d. 1676

1605-1674 Giacomo Carissimi

Carissimi d. 1674

1616-1667 Johann Froberger

Froberger d. 1667

1619-after 1663 Strozzi

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B. Strozzi d. after 1663

1626-1690 Giovanni Legrenzi

Legrenzi d. 1690

ca. 1628-1677 Robert Cambert

Cambert d. 1677

1630-1677 Matthew Locke

Matthew Locke d. 1677

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1632-1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully

Lully d. 1687

ca. 1637-1707 Dietrich Buxtehude

1642-1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini

G.M. Bononcini d. 1678

1644-1682 Alessandro Stradella

Stradella d. 1682

1644-1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier

1644-1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

1648-1708 John Blow

1650-1717 Johann Jacob Walther

1653-1704 Georg Muffat

1653-1706 Johann Pachelbel

1653-1713 Archangelo Corelli

[Marais]

1656-1728 Marin Marais

[De Lalande]

1657-1726 Michel-Richard de Lalande

[Torelli]

1658-1709 Giuseppe Torelli

[Purcell]

1659-1695 Henry Purcell

Purcell d. 1595

[A. Scarlatti]

1660-1725 Alessandro Scarlatti

[Fux]

1660-1741 Johann Joseph Fux

[Campra]

1660-1744 André Campra

[Fischer]

1665-1746 Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer

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[Rebel]

1666-1747 Jean-Féry Rebel

[Montéclair]

1667-1737 Michel Pignolet de Montéclair

[Lotti]

ca. 1667-1740 Antonio Lotti

[Couperin]

1668-1733 François Couperin

[Bononcini]

1670-1747 Giovanni Bononcini

[Caldara]

1670/71-1736 Antonio Caldara

[Albinoni]

1671-1751 Tomaso Albinoni

[Keiser]

1674-1739 Reinhard Keiser

[Vivaldi]

1678-1741 Antonio Vivaldi

[Zelenka]

1679-1745 Jan Dismas Zelenka

[Mattheson]

1681-1764 Johann Mattheson

[Telemann]

1681-1767 Georg Philippe Telemann

[Heinichen]

1683-1729 Johann David Heinichen

[Rameau]

1683-1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau

[Walther]

1684-1748 Johann Gottfried Walther

[J.S. Bach]

1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach

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[D. Scarlatti]

1685-1757 Domenico Scarlatti

[Händel]

1685-1759 Georg Friedrich Händel

[Marcello]

1686-1739 Benedetto Marcello

[Weiss]

1686-1750 Sylvius Leopold Weiss

[Geminiani]

1687-1762 Francesco Geminiani

[Boismortier]

ca. 1689-1755 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

[Tartini]

1692-1770 Giuseppe Tartini

[Roman]

1694-1758 Johan Helmich Roman

[Locatelli]

1695-1764 P.-A. Locatelli

[Leclair]

1697-1764 Leclair

[Quantz]

1697-1773 Quantz

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