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1808 In Art
Events in the year 1808 in Art. Events *May 2 and May 3 – In Spain the guerrilla resistance movement against the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte begins; immortalized in 1814 by Francisco Goya's '' Third of May 1808''. *April 5 – John James Audubon marries Lucy Bakewell. * The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, is given the title of Royal Academy of Fine Arts by King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. * The Rijksmuseum moves from The Hague to Amsterdam, where it is located temporarily at the Royal Palace. * Thomas Phillips is elected to the Royal Academy. Works * François Joseph Bosio – Statue of Cupid with a bow (Hermitage Museum) * Antonio Canova – ''Venus Victrix'' (marble reclining nude) * Richard Cosway – Portrait miniature of Arthur Wellesley * François-Xavier Fabre – '' The Judgement of Paris'' (approximate date) * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson ** '' The Entombment of Atala'' ** ''François-René de Chateaubriand'' ** ''Hortense de Beauharnais'' * Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 2
Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. * 1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. *1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation. *1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle. 1601–1900 *1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. * 1625 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa. * 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. * 1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
