Early Eighteenth-Century Chronology (1690–1749)

History:

1692-1693: Salem Witchcraft trials

1704: Newton, Opticks

1714: Fahrenheit invents mercury thermometer

1732: Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

1740: Frederick II (the Great) Elector of Prussia, King of Poland

1746: Battle of Culloden

1690: Chr. Huygens & wave theory of light

1696: Savery & steam engine

1704: Battle of Blenheim

1713: Treaty of Utrecht

1734: Voltaire, Lettres philosophiques

1740: Maria Theresa becomes empress of Austria.

(War of the Spanish Succession / Queen Anne's War)

(War of the Spanish Succession, ends 1713)

War of the Austrian Succession

1748: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

(1702–1713)

1714: George I, England.

(1740-1748)

Music Events:

1709: Cristofori pianoforte

1728: Gay, The Beggar's Opera

1728: Johann David Heinichen, Der General-Bass in der Composition.

1740: Grassineau, A Musical Dictionary

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Composers:

ca. 1637-1707 Dietrich Buxtehude

Buxtehude d. 1707

1644-1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Charpentier d. 1704

1644-1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

Biber d. 1704

1648-1708 John Blow

Blow d. 1708

1650-1717 Johann Jacob Walther

J.J. Walther d. 1717

1653-1704 Georg Muffat

Muffat d. 1704

1653-1706 Johann Pachelbel

Pachelbel d. 1706

1653-1713 Archangelo Corelli

Corelli d. 1713

1656-1728 Marin Marais

Marais d. 1728

1657-1726 Michel-Richard de Lalande

De Lalande d. 1726

1658-1709 Giuseppe Torelli

Torelli d. 1709

1659-1695 Henry Purcell

Purcell d. 1595

1660-1725 Alessandro Scarlatti

A. Scarlatti d. 1725

1660-1741 Johann Joseph Fux

Fux d. 1741

1660-1744 André Campra

Campra d. 1744

1665-1746 Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer

Fischer d. 1646

1666-1747 Jean-Féry Rebel

Rebel d. 1647

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1667-1737 Michel Pignolet de Montéclair

Montéclair d. 1737

ca. 1667-1740 Antonio Lotti

Lotti d. 1740

1668-1733 François Couperin

F. Couperin d. 1733

1670-1747 Giovanni Bononcini

Bononcini d. 1747

1670/71-1736 Antonio Caldara

Caldara d. 1736

1671-1751 Tomaso Albinoni

1674-1739 Reinhard Keiser

Keiser d. 1739

1678-1741 Antonio Vivaldi

Vivaldi d. 1741

1679-1745 Jan Dismas Zelenka

1681-1764 Johann Mattheson

1681-1767 Georg Philippe Telemann

1683-1729 Johann David Heinichen

Heinichen d. 1729

1683-1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau

1684-1748 Johann Gottfried Walther

d.1748

1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach

1685-1757 Domenico Scarlatti

1685-1759 Georg Friedrich Händel

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1686-1739 Benedetto Marcello

Marcello d. 1739

1686-1750 Sylvius Leopold Weiss

1687-1762 Francesco Geminiani

ca. 1689-1755 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

1692-1770 Giuseppe Tartini

1694-1758 Johan Helmich Roman

1695-1764 Pietro Antonio Locatelli

1697-1764 Jean-Marie Leclair

1697-1773 Johann Joachim Quantz

1699-1783 Johann Adolph Hasse

1701-1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini

[J.G. Graun]

1702/3-1771 Johann Gottlieb Graun

[C.H. Graun]

1703/4-1759 Carl Heinrich Graun

[Galuppi]

1706-1785 Baldassare Galuppi

[Paradisi]

1707-1791 Pietro Domenico Paradisi

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[Scheibe]

1708-1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe

[Avison]

1709-1770 Charles Avison

[Corrette]

1709-1795 Michel Corrette

[Arne]

1710-1778 Thomas Augustine Arne

[W.F. Bach]

1710-1784 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

[Boyce]

1710-1779 William Boyce

[Pergolesi]

1710-1736 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Pergolesi d. 1736

[Jommelli]

1714–1774 Niccolò Jommelli

[Gluck]

1714-1787 Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck

[C.P.E. Bach]

1714-1788 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

[J.W.A. Stamitz]

1717-1757 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz

[L. Mozart]

1719-1787 Leopold Mozart

[Abel]

1723-1787 Carl Friedrich Abel

[Piccini]

1728-1800 Nicola Piccini

[Soler]

1729-1783 Antonio Soler

[Dušek]

1731-1799 František Xaver Dušek

[Haydn]

1732-1809 Franz Joseph Haydn

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[J.C.F. Bach]

1732-1795 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

[Fischer]

1733-1800 Johann Christian Fischer

[Gossec]

1734-1829 François-Joseph Gossec

[J.C. Bach]

1735-1782 Johann Christian Bach

[Albrectsberger]

1736-1809 Johann Georg Albrectsberger

[Dittersdorf]

1739-1799 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

[Grétry]

1741-1813 André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

[Boccherini]

1743-1805 Luigi Boccherini

[Dibdin]

1745-1814 Charles Dibdin

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