1693
| 1693 • Dimitrie Cantemir presents his Kitâbu 'İlmi'l-Mûsiki alâ Vechi'l-Hurûfât (The Book of the Science of Music through Letters) to Sultan Ahmed II, which deals with melodic and rhythmic structure and practice of Ottoman music and contains the scores for around 350 works composed during and before his own time in an alphabetical notation system he invented. |
1723
Age: 30y
birth of childJames Givens County Antrim, Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1723 • Louis XV of France attains his majority. |
1790
Oct 22
Age: 97y
| 1790 • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule. |