William Duncombe was born
Beginning of the composer’s lifetime.
What was the world like
Sonata in G Minor, K. 30 was published
The Fugue in G minor by Domenico Scarlatti is a single-movement sonata for harpsichord, popularly known as the Cat fugue or Cat's fugue because, according to a legend, Scarlatti was inspired by his cat walking on the har...
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent. The primary warring states we...
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. It began as a rebellion and turned into a revolution eventually creating the sovereign United States, which was the outcome of t...
The Barber of Seville was published
The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as an opéra comique, and was rejected as such in 1772 by...
Confessions was published
The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the modern era, it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from Saint Augustine's Con...
Gioachino Rossini was born
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer and conductor of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. While he gained most of his fame for his 39 operas, he also wrote many pieces of chamber music, piano, and so...
Sharaku died
Tōshūsai Sharaku was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten m...
French invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of forcing the Russian Empire to comply with th...
William Duncombe died
End of the composer’s lifetime.