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Rococo is an artistic movement born in France, which developed progressively between approximately 1730 and 1760.
It is characterised by a taste for luminous, soft and light colours. Forms inspired by nature, mythology, the representation of nude bodies, oriental art and especially gallant and amorous themes predominate. -
The Classical Period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820.The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music but a more varying use of musical form, which is, in simpler terms, the rhythm and organization of any given piece of music. -
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works; organ works; and choral works. -
Vicente Martín y Soler, who belonged to the Vienna School, was born in Valencia. He was a Spanish composer of great international prestige. -
The Seven Years' War was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia.The French and Indian War, the Anglo-Spanish War, and the Spanish–Portuguese War were all parts of the Seven Years' War
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James Cook sailed and charted the east coast of Australia, landing on the mainland for the first time at Botany Bay on 29 April that year. -
The Austro-Turkish War, also known as the Habsburg–Ottoman War, was fought from 1788 to 1791, between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. During the conflict, Habsburg armies succeeded in taking Belgrade (1789) and liberating much of central Serbia, also capturing several forts in the Pounje region of the Ottoman Bosnia.
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The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while its values and institutions remain central to modern French political discourse.