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1700
May 13
| 1700 • Russia begins numbering its calendar from the birth of Christ (Anno Domini) instead of since the Creation (Anno Mundi). |
1710
Jul 2
Age: 10y
| 1710 • In Sweden, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is founded as the Collegium curiosorum. |
1722
Aug 15
Age: 22y
| 1722 • Modern music theory finds definition in Jean-Philippe Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels ("Treatise on Harmony"), published in Paris. |
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1733
Age: 32y
birth of childSusannah Chapman New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
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Age: 49y
1749
Jul
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. |