1700
May 13
| 1700 • Russia begins numbering its calendar from the birth of Christ (Anno Domini) instead of since the Creation (Anno Mundi). |
1749
Jul 3
Age: 49y
| 1749 • The first official performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in London finishes early due to the outbreak of fire. The piece was composed by Handel to commemorate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which ended the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748. |