1561 In Music

	1561 In Music Events * May – Luzzasco Luzzaschi is appointed assistant organist at the Este court in Ferrara. 20 December – Virtuoso bass-tenor Alessandro Merlo joins the Cappella Sistina in Rome ''date unknown'' – Rodrigo de Ceballos succeeds Bernardino de Figueroa as maestro de capilla at the Royal Chapel of Granada. Philibert Jambe de Fer sues the Lyonnais printer Jean d'Ogerelles for failing to give his name on the title page of a volume of his psalm settings. Publications ''Il terzo libro della muse'', a collection of secular music Jacques Arcadelt – (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Jacquet de Berchem – for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), a madrigal cycle setting stanzas of Orlando Furioso, and the first musical work to be titled "Cappricio" Ippolito Chamaterò – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Ippolito Ciera – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Nicolao Dorati – Third book of madrigal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacobus De Kerle Jacobus de Kerle (Ypres 1531/1532 - Prague 7 January 1591) was a Flemish composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Life De Kerle was trained at the monastery of St. Martin in Ypres, and held positions as a singer in Cambrai and choirmaster in Orvieto, where he also became organist and carillonneur. After entering the priesthood, he began having his music printed, including a 1561 collection of psalms and ''Magnificat'' settings in Venice. He was commissioned to write ''Preces Speciales'' set to texts by the Dominican Pedro de Soto for the Council of Trent, which he completed by 1562, and visited the city during the time of the Council in his travels with Otto Truchsess von Waldburg, cardinal of Augsburg. Although he did not take part in their discussions, the performance of the ''Preces Speciales'' reportedly influenced the deliberations of the Council Fathers on sacred music.Patrick Bergin Jr. (2009)Preces speciales: Prototype of Tridentine Musical Reform OSOM Volume 2. In 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, ''Dafne'' (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, '' Euridice'' (1600). Biography Peri was born in either Rome or Florence to a middle-class family. Peri himself claimed to be from Rome, but considering the pro-Roman sentiments of the reigning Fernando de'Medici, it was a disadvantage to be known as a Florentine, which may have motivated Peri to lie about his true birthplace. Nonetheless, he was employed to sing at the Servite monastery of SS. Annunziati in the city of Florence. He likely received an education from the monastery school as well. Due to its size and favour with the Medici court, who attended mass each week, SS. Annunziati was a pipeline for many mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	August 20 Events Pre-1600 AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arabs, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of the Levant away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabian Peninsula, Arabia. * 917 – Battle of Achelous (917), Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army. 1083 – Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Stephen I of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric of Hungary, Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. 1191 – Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600–3,000 Muslim hostages dead. 1308 – Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Masters of the Knights Templar, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1627 In Music The year 1627 in music involved some significant events. Events * January 13 – Tarquinio Merula is officially appointed ''maestro di cappella'' in Cremona, after having been elected provisionally the previous year. * June 21 – Christopher Gibbons election as a scholar of the Charterhouse is approved by the Governors, following his nomination in January through the Signet Office.Christopher D. S. Field, "Gibbons, Christopher", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Published music * Giovanni Battista Abatessa – , a collection of songs with ''alfabeto'' notation, for the guitar, published in Venice * Giacinto Bondioli – Psalms for five voices, Op. 8 (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni for Gardano) * Carlo Farina * Melchior Franck for four, five, and six instruments with basso continuo (Coburg: Johann Forckel for Friederich Gruner), a collection of intradas f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sebastian Aguilera De Heredia Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (August 1561 – 16 December 1627Robert Cummings, "Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia", aAllMusic.com/ref>) was a Spanish monk, musician and composer. He was first the organist at the cathedral in Huesca from 1585 to 1603, and then moved to a more prestigious position as ''maestro de música'' at La Seo Cathedral in Saragossa. He published a collection of works in 1618, and eighteen of his keyboard works survive. He is considered the first major figure of the Aragonese School of music centered on Saragossa. Organ music 1- Pange lingua a 3 sobre bajo por Ce-sol-faut; 2- Pange lingua a 3 sobre tiple; 3- Salve de Lleno de 1.er tono; 4- Salve de 1.er tono por De-la-sol-re; 5- Primera obra de 1.er tono; 6- Segunda obra del 1.er tono; 7- Primer registro de bajo del 1.er tono; 8- Segundo registro de bajo del 1.er tono; 9- Tercer registro de bajo del 1.er tono; 10- Primer tiento de falsas del 4º tono; 11- Segundo tiento de falsas del 4º tono; 12- Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1602 In Music Events Asprilio Pacelli is appointed of St Peter's Basilica Publications February – Giulio Caccini – ''Le nuove musiche was published in 1602 per the Gregorian calendar. Some sources list 1601, based on the Julian calendar, as the publication date.'' (The New Music), published in Florence * Agostino Agazzari – , book 1 (Rome: Aloysio Zannetti) Gregor Aichinger – (Augsburg: Officina Praetoriana), settings of selections from the ''Floridorum'' of , for three voices Felice Anerio Second book of (Rome: Aloysio Zannetti) Second book of madrigals for six voices (Rome: Luigi Zannetti) Giammateo Asola * ( Vespertine psalms for all solemnities) for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat, Salve Regina, and Regina caeli (Vespertine hymns for the major solemnities of the year) for eight voices (two choirs) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Lamentations for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Ippolito Baccusi – for five voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacopo Corsi Jacopo Corsi (17 July 1561 – 29 December 1602) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque and one of Florence's leading patrons of the arts, after only the Medicis. His best-known work is ''Dafne'' (1597/98), whose score he wrote in collaboration with Jacopo Peri. Six fragments of the score have survived, two by Corsi and four by Peri. The libretto, by Ottavio Rinuccini, has survived intact. Despite priority quibbles at the time, Dafne is generally accepted as the first opera. __TOC__ Life Born in a Florentine noble family on 17 July 1561, he was the son of Giovanni Corsi (1519-1571) and Alessandra Della Gherardesca (X-1615). His father was an important merchant that expanded the family activities in Palermo and who also was in charge of Cardinal Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1569, Giovanni provided important services to the Cardinal but died early in 1571, leaving Jacopo, who was only 10 years old, to be raised by his uncle Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later. 1203 – The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile. 1402 – Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China. 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc. 1453 – Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony. 1601–1900 1717 – King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1630 In Music Events Giacomo Carissimi becomes the chapelmaster at the Church of San Apollinare in the German-Hungarian College in Rome. Ján Šimbracký buys a house in Spišské Podhradie. Publications Paolo Agostini – Posthumous book of masses (Rome: Giovanni Battista Robletti) Adriano Banchieri – (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), a collection of canzonettas for five voices and a theorbo Ignazio Donati – for two, three, four, and five voices (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), a book of madrigals Melchior Franck for eight voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a motet written for the jubilee held June 25–27, 1630 for eight voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a Christmas motet ** (Coburg: Johann Forckel), incidental music for an oratorio performed in Coburg on June 14, 1630 Marco da Gagliano – for four voices (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (Rome: Paolo Masotti) , vol. 2 (Rome: Paolo Masotti) Carlo Milanuzzi – Seventh book of for solo voice and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Camillo Cortellini Camillo Cortellini (24 January 156112/13 February 1630) was an Italian composer, singer, and violinist. Biography Cortellini was born in Bologna, and was the son of the composer Gaspare "the viola" Cortellini. In following his father's profession Camillo was nicknamed "violino." His first musical education was received from his father who was employed at the Concerto Palatino. He then was taught by Alfonso Ganass]. On 26 February 1577, Cortellini succeeded his father in the Concerto della Signoria. In the same month, Cortellini was also admitted as the second soprano Cornett player for the group Concerto Palatino where he would later come back and direct in 1613. In 1593 he was elected cantor at the prestigious chapel of San Petronio Basilica, where he worked until his death in 1630. From 1582 to 1599 Cortellini was in and out of works with the Capella Musicale of San Petrinio ("San Petronio Basilica") and served there as a singer and trombonist from 1600 to 1629 with a break betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. 1458 – Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary. 1536 – King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence. 1601–1900 1651 – Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647. * 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament. 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	1561 In Music Events * May – Luzzasco Luzzaschi is appointed assistant organist at the Este court in Ferrara. 20 December – Virtuoso bass-tenor Alessandro Merlo joins the Cappella Sistina in Rome ''date unknown'' – Rodrigo de Ceballos succeeds Bernardino de Figueroa as maestro de capilla at the Royal Chapel of Granada. Philibert Jambe de Fer sues the Lyonnais printer Jean d'Ogerelles for failing to give his name on the title page of a volume of his psalm settings. Publications ''Il terzo libro della muse'', a collection of secular music Jacques Arcadelt – (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Jacquet de Berchem – for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), a madrigal cycle setting stanzas of Orlando Furioso, and the first musical work to be titled "Cappricio" Ippolito Chamaterò – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Ippolito Ciera – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Nicolao Dorati – Third book of madrigal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacobus De Kerle Jacobus de Kerle (Ypres 1531/1532 - Prague 7 January 1591) was a Flemish composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Life De Kerle was trained at the monastery of St. Martin in Ypres, and held positions as a singer in Cambrai and choirmaster in Orvieto, where he also became organist and carillonneur. After entering the priesthood, he began having his music printed, including a 1561 collection of psalms and ''Magnificat'' settings in Venice. He was commissioned to write ''Preces Speciales'' set to texts by the Dominican Pedro de Soto for the Council of Trent, which he completed by 1562, and visited the city during the time of the Council in his travels with Otto Truchsess von Waldburg, cardinal of Augsburg. Although he did not take part in their discussions, the performance of the ''Preces Speciales'' reportedly influenced the deliberations of the Council Fathers on sacred music.Patrick Bergin Jr. (2009)Preces speciales: Prototype of Tridentine Musical Reform OSOM Volume 2. In 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote the first work to be called an opera today, ''Dafne'' (around 1597), and also the first opera to have survived to the present day, '' Euridice'' (1600). Biography Peri was born in either Rome or Florence to a middle-class family. Peri himself claimed to be from Rome, but considering the pro-Roman sentiments of the reigning Fernando de'Medici, it was a disadvantage to be known as a Florentine, which may have motivated Peri to lie about his true birthplace. Nonetheless, he was employed to sing at the Servite monastery of SS. Annunziati in the city of Florence. He likely received an education from the monastery school as well. Due to its size and favour with the Medici court, who attended mass each week, SS. Annunziati was a pipeline for many mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	August 20 Events Pre-1600 AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arabs, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of the Levant away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabian Peninsula, Arabia. * 917 – Battle of Achelous (917), Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army. 1083 – Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Stephen I of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric of Hungary, Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary. 1191 – Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600–3,000 Muslim hostages dead. 1308 – Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Masters of the Knights Templar, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1627 In Music The year 1627 in music involved some significant events. Events * January 13 – Tarquinio Merula is officially appointed ''maestro di cappella'' in Cremona, after having been elected provisionally the previous year. * June 21 – Christopher Gibbons election as a scholar of the Charterhouse is approved by the Governors, following his nomination in January through the Signet Office.Christopher D. S. Field, "Gibbons, Christopher", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Published music * Giovanni Battista Abatessa – , a collection of songs with ''alfabeto'' notation, for the guitar, published in Venice * Giacinto Bondioli – Psalms for five voices, Op. 8 (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni for Gardano) * Carlo Farina * Melchior Franck for four, five, and six instruments with basso continuo (Coburg: Johann Forckel for Friederich Gruner), a collection of intradas f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sebastian Aguilera De Heredia Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (August 1561 – 16 December 1627Robert Cummings, "Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia", aAllMusic.com/ref>) was a Spanish monk, musician and composer. He was first the organist at the cathedral in Huesca from 1585 to 1603, and then moved to a more prestigious position as ''maestro de música'' at La Seo Cathedral in Saragossa. He published a collection of works in 1618, and eighteen of his keyboard works survive. He is considered the first major figure of the Aragonese School of music centered on Saragossa. Organ music 1- Pange lingua a 3 sobre bajo por Ce-sol-faut; 2- Pange lingua a 3 sobre tiple; 3- Salve de Lleno de 1.er tono; 4- Salve de 1.er tono por De-la-sol-re; 5- Primera obra de 1.er tono; 6- Segunda obra del 1.er tono; 7- Primer registro de bajo del 1.er tono; 8- Segundo registro de bajo del 1.er tono; 9- Tercer registro de bajo del 1.er tono; 10- Primer tiento de falsas del 4º tono; 11- Segundo tiento de falsas del 4º tono; 12- Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1602 In Music Events Asprilio Pacelli is appointed of St Peter's Basilica Publications February – Giulio Caccini – ''Le nuove musiche was published in 1602 per the Gregorian calendar. Some sources list 1601, based on the Julian calendar, as the publication date.'' (The New Music), published in Florence * Agostino Agazzari – , book 1 (Rome: Aloysio Zannetti) Gregor Aichinger – (Augsburg: Officina Praetoriana), settings of selections from the ''Floridorum'' of , for three voices Felice Anerio Second book of (Rome: Aloysio Zannetti) Second book of madrigals for six voices (Rome: Luigi Zannetti) Giammateo Asola * ( Vespertine psalms for all solemnities) for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat, Salve Regina, and Regina caeli (Vespertine hymns for the major solemnities of the year) for eight voices (two choirs) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Lamentations for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Ippolito Baccusi – for five voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacopo Corsi Jacopo Corsi (17 July 1561 – 29 December 1602) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque and one of Florence's leading patrons of the arts, after only the Medicis. His best-known work is ''Dafne'' (1597/98), whose score he wrote in collaboration with Jacopo Peri. Six fragments of the score have survived, two by Corsi and four by Peri. The libretto, by Ottavio Rinuccini, has survived intact. Despite priority quibbles at the time, Dafne is generally accepted as the first opera. __TOC__ Life Born in a Florentine noble family on 17 July 1561, he was the son of Giovanni Corsi (1519-1571) and Alessandra Della Gherardesca (X-1615). His father was an important merchant that expanded the family activities in Palermo and who also was in charge of Cardinal Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1569, Giovanni provided important services to the Cardinal but died early in 1571, leaving Jacopo, who was only 10 years old, to be raised by his uncle Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later. 1203 – The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile. 1402 – Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China. 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc. 1453 – Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony. 1601–1900 1717 – King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1630 In Music Events Giacomo Carissimi becomes the chapelmaster at the Church of San Apollinare in the German-Hungarian College in Rome. Ján Šimbracký buys a house in Spišské Podhradie. Publications Paolo Agostini – Posthumous book of masses (Rome: Giovanni Battista Robletti) Adriano Banchieri – (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), a collection of canzonettas for five voices and a theorbo Ignazio Donati – for two, three, four, and five voices (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), a book of madrigals Melchior Franck for eight voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a motet written for the jubilee held June 25–27, 1630 for eight voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a Christmas motet ** (Coburg: Johann Forckel), incidental music for an oratorio performed in Coburg on June 14, 1630 Marco da Gagliano – for four voices (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (Rome: Paolo Masotti) , vol. 2 (Rome: Paolo Masotti) Carlo Milanuzzi – Seventh book of for solo voice and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Camillo Cortellini Camillo Cortellini (24 January 156112/13 February 1630) was an Italian composer, singer, and violinist. Biography Cortellini was born in Bologna, and was the son of the composer Gaspare "the viola" Cortellini. In following his father's profession Camillo was nicknamed "violino." His first musical education was received from his father who was employed at the Concerto Palatino. He then was taught by Alfonso Ganass]. On 26 February 1577, Cortellini succeeded his father in the Concerto della Signoria. In the same month, Cortellini was also admitted as the second soprano Cornett player for the group Concerto Palatino where he would later come back and direct in 1613. In 1593 he was elected cantor at the prestigious chapel of San Petronio Basilica, where he worked until his death in 1630. From 1582 to 1599 Cortellini was in and out of works with the Capella Musicale of San Petrinio ("San Petronio Basilica") and served there as a singer and trombonist from 1600 to 1629 with a break betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. 1458 – Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary. 1536 – King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence. 1601–1900 1651 – Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647. * 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament. 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]