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On July 12 in 1730, Lorenzo Corsini is elected pope and takes the name of Clement XII. -
In 1749 Edward Jenner invented the Vaccine.
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity against a certain disease. -
Neoclassicism was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, drama, music, and architecture that drew its inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, conductor and professor of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, a master of Classicism, considered one of the most prominent musicians in history.
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist and piano teacher, born on December 17, 1770. -
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with several periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other European nations that faced supporters and detractors of the system known as the Old Regime.
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Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims himself consul for life
in 1804 and his wife Josefina as empress. -
U.S. presidential election, in 1820 James Monroe is re-elected.