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1782 In Music
Events * March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes his début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris. * August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber in Vienna. * September 30 – The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm is inaugurated with a performance of Johann Gottlieb Naumann's ''Cora och Alonzo''. * William Shield is appointed resident composer to Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. * Antoine Bournonville and his sister Julie Alix de la Fay join the Royal Swedish Ballet at Stockholm. Published popular music *James Aird (compiled and edited) – ''A Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs'' (including "The Miners of Wicklow", possibly the first published version of "Yankee Doodle") *Robert Burns – ''John Barleycorn'' (original version from 16th century) Classical music *Ludwig van Beethoven **9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 **''Schilderung eines Mädchen'', WoO 107 *Friedrich Benda, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda – 3 Flut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 17
Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius. * 455 – Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him. * 1337 – Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England. * 1400 – Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1601–1900 * 1776 – American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city. * 1805 – The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy. * 1824 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |