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Timeline Of Musical Events
:Contents: #Ancient music, Ancient music – #Early history, Early history – #1500s, 1500s – #1510s, 1510s – #1520s, 1520s – #1530s, 1530s – #1540s, 1540s – #1550s, 1550s – #1560s, 1560s – #1570s, 1570s – #1580s, 1580s – #1590s, 1590s – #1600s, 1600s – #1610s, 1610s – #1620s, 1620s – #1630s, 1630s – #1640s, 1640s – #1650s, 1650s – #1660s, 1660s – #1670s, 1670s – #1680s, 1680s – #1690s, 1690s – #1700s, 1700s – #1710s, 1710s – #1720s, 1720s – #1730s, 1730s – #1740s, 1740s – #1750s, 1750s – #1760s, 1760s – #1770s, 1770s – #1780s, 1780s – #1790s, 1790s – #1800s, 1800s – #1810s, 1810s – #1820s, 1820s – #1830s, 1830s – #1840s, 1840s – #1850s, 1850s – #1860s, 1860s – #1870s, 1870s – #1880s, 1880s – #1890s, 1890s – #1900s, 1900s – #1910s, 1910s – #1920s, 1920s – #1930s, 1930s – #1940s, 1940s – #1950s, 1950s – #1960s, 1960s – #1970s, 1970s – #1980s, 1980s – #1990s, 1990s – #2000s, 2000s – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770s
File:1770s montage.jpg, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: Englishmen and sailor James Cook concludes his inaugural and embarks on his second voyage, leaving a trail of significant milestones along its way such as the discovery of New Caledonia, Australia, Tahiti, the Antarctic Circle, and becoming the first humans to witness Antarctic waters as pictured; The United States Declaration of Independence was unanimously signed and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, announcing the colonies' intention to separate from Great Britain; Company rule in India establishes governance over India for the first time at Calcutta, giving way for British colonialism over the Indian subcontinent, and eventually Western imperialism in Asia; Nitrogen gas was isolated from air by Scottish scientist Daniel Rutherford; Amazing Grace was sung for the first time as a hymn in Buckinghamshire, England at 1773; Chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele made several breakthroughs in chemistry by discovering five c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1760s
File:1760s montage.png, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: English Explorer James Cook commenced his first voyage around the world and becoming the first known Europeans to reach the east coast of Australia; victory at the Battle of Buxar and subsequent Treaty of Allahabad marked start of the political and constitutional involvement East India Company and the beginning of British rule in India; the Dutch ship, the Meermin is taken over by the slaves it was transporting in the Meermin slave mutiny; George III is crowned king of the United Kingdom and would go on to reign longer than any of his predecessors; French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" — effectively the world's first automobile; the Stamp Act is passed by the British parliament, required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London. The unpopularity of the Stamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750s
File:1750s montage.png, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: The Treaty of Madrid amends the pre-existing Treaty of Tordesillas (1494). Signed in 1750, this Spanish-Portuguese agreement, enabled Portugal to claim more holdings in what is now Brazil; Dzungar Khanate is captured by Qing forces in 1755, ultimately transferring Xinjiang into the hands of Han Chinese power – a legacy that continues to this day in modern-day China; A destructive earthquake and tsunami ravages the city of Lisbon in 1755, strongly influencing the studies of engineering, as well as philosophical thoughts on the Western Age of Enlightenment; Britain's victory during the Battle of Quiberon Bay signalled the rise of the British Navy's power, as it heightens its ranks of becoming the world's foremost naval power, and a dominant global entity for the next two centuries; Halley's Comet appears accurately from scientific projections for the first time in 1759; Artificial refrigeration is invented and first us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1740s
File:1740s montage.jpg, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: The War of Jenkins' Ear, a conflict between the British and Spanish Empires lasting from 1739 to 1748. The War of the Austrian Succession from 1740 to 1748, caused by the death of Emperor Charles VI in 1740. The siege of Trichinopoly, a conflict between the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire over the Carnatic region. George Anson burns Paita, a settlement in Peru in 1742 whilst on a voyage around the world. Nader Shah declares war on the Ottoman Empire in 1743 resulting in the Ottoman–Persian War. Following the end of the First Silesian War in 1742, the Second Silesian War occurs as a continuation of the first war. A Leyden jar is discovered independently by Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek. The Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father. rect 32 32 650 500 War of Jenkins' Ear rect 700 32 2154 500 War of the Austrian Succession rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700s
1700s may refer to: * The century from 1700 to 1799, almost synonymous with the 18th century The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trad ... (1701–1800) * 1700s (decade), the period from 1700 to 1709 {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
