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. |
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1733
Age: 40y
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| 1733 • The election of Augustus III to succeed his father as King of Poland sparks the War of the Polish Succession. |
1779
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Age: 86y
| 1779 • The Fort Wilson Riot takes place. |