TIMELINE: Neoclassicism AND the Enlightenment (ART and ...
TIMELINE: Neoclassicism AND the Enlightenment (ART and HISTORY)
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|1748 | |
|Buried Roman city of Pompeii discovered. | |
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|1751 | |
|Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert publish first volumes of their Encyclopédie. | |
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|1752 | |
|Pope Benedict XIV issues brief condemning the philosophes, including philosophers Diderot, Charles de Secondat, and Baron de | |
|Montesquieu. | |
|Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod. | |
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|1755 | |
|German Art Historian J. J. Winckelmann publishes Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Art in Paintings and Sculpture. | |
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|1758 | |
|Francis Harwood: Bust of a Man, sculpture. | |
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|1759 | |
|The British Museum opens to the public. | |
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|1760 | |
|George III of England becomes king. | |
|Josiah Wedgwood founds pottery works at Staffordshire, England. | |
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|1762 | |
|Catherine II (the Great) of Russia becomes czarina. | |
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (at six) tours Europe as a musical prodigy. | |
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|1764 | |
|French philosopher Voltaire writes Philosophical Dictionary. | |
|J. J. Winckelmann publishes History of Ancient Art. | |
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|1765 | |
|British Parliament passes Stamp Act to tax American colonies. | |
|In New York, delegates from nine colonies draw up a declaration of rights and liberties. | |
|Potato becomes most popular European foodstuff. | |
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|1768 | |
|Boston citizens refuse to house British troops. | |
|Founding of the Royal Academy, London. | |
|Thomas Jefferson begins work on his home, Monticello. | |
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|1769 | |
|Excavations of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, uncover some of the most important antiquities found in the 18th century. | |
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|1770 | |
|Boston Massacre: five civilians killed in confrontation with British troops. | |
|Industrial Revolution in England begins its slow spread over the world. | |
|François Boucher, master of Rococo style, dies (b. 1703). | |
|First public restaurant opens in Paris. | |
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|1771 | |
|Encyclopedia Britannica first published. | |
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|1774 | |
|Louis XVI of France becomes king. | |
|Joseph Priestly discovers oxygen. | |
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|1775 | |
|American Revolution begins; Paul Revere rides from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts. | |
|Jane Austen, English novelist, born (d. 1817). | |
|James Watt perfects the steam engine. | |
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|1776 | |
|Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia. | |
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|1778 | |
|Jean Baptiste Greuze: The Father's Curse, drawing. | |
|French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies (b. 1712). | |
|Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) dies (b. 1694). | |
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|1783 | |
|Joseph Wright of Derby: Penelope Unraveling Her Web, painting, commissioned by Josiah Wedgwood. | |
|Peace of Versailles: Great Britain recognizes independence of the U.S. | |
|Montgolfier brothers ascend in hot air balloon at Annonay. | |
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|1785 | |
|Jean-Antoine Houdon travels to America to sculpt George Washington. | |
|Domenicho Salsano, Italian priest, invents seismograph for measuring earthquakes. | |
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|1786 | |
|David Roentgen: Long Case Musical Clock. | |
|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart writes The Marriage of Figaro, opera. | |
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|1789 | |
|French Revolution: Bastille prison stormed and church property nationalized. | |
|George Washington inaugurated as first president of the United States. | |
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|1790 | |
|Joseph Chinard: Allegorical Portrait of the van Risamburgh Family, sculpture. | |
|Joseph-Benoït Suvée: The Invention of Drawing, drawing. | |
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|1792 | |
|James Hoban and Benjamin Henry Latrobe begin building the White House, Washington, D.C. | |
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|1793 | |
|Louis XVI of France and Marie-Antoinette executed during Reign of Terror. | |
|Jean-Paul Marat murdered. | |
|Construction of William Thornton's Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., begins. | |
|Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. | |
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|1799 | |
|Napoleon Bonaparte established as First Consul in Paris; conquers Italy. | |
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|1800 | |
|Thomas Jefferson elected president of U.S. | |
|Alessandro Volta invents electrochemical battery. | |
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|1804 | |
|Napoleon proclaimed emperor by French Senate. | |
|Alexander Hamilton killed in duel by Aaron Burr. | |
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|1812 | |
|U.S. declares war on Britain. | |
|Grimm Brothers publish their collection of fairy tales. | |
|Parthenon marbles brought to England by Lord Elgin. | |
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|1814 | |
|Napoleon abdicates the throne and is banished to Elba. | |
|Francis Scott Key writes poem that will become U.S. national anthem. | |
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|1818 | |
|Jacques-Louis David: The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis, painting. | |
|Gérard-Jean Galle: Chandelier. | |
|Chile declared independent from Spain. | |
|Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein. | |
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|1820 | |
|Revolutions in Spain and Portugal. | |
|Missouri Compromise: Maine enters Union as a free state; Missouri as a slave state. | |
|Discovery of the Venus de Milo, sculpture. | |
|Liberia founded to repatriate former American slaves to Africa. | |
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|1823 | |
|Mexico becomes a republic. | |
|Charles Macintosh invents waterproof fabric. | |
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|1826 | |
|Invention of photography: Joseph Niépce fixes camera's image. | |
|James Fenimore Cooper publishes The Last of the Mohicans. | |
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|1830 | |
|Revolution in Paris; Louis Philippe, "the Citizen King," becomes king. | |
|Emily Dickinson, American poet, is born (d. 1886). | |
|Eugène Delacroix paints Liberty Guiding the People. | |
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