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Life of Diego de Torres Villarroel
Diego de Torres Villarroel was a writer, poet, playwright, doctor, mathematician, priest, and professor at the University of Salamanca. -
The beginning
The Enlightenment began in England with the empiricism of Locke and Hume and the deism of many English moralists, ideas that, together with the scientific spirit of Newton and the scientific revolution, spread around the same time in France. -
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Life of Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, conductor and professor of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, master of Classicism, considered one of the most influential and prominent musicians in history. -
Launch of Las Cartas eruditas y curiosas
Las Cartas eruditas y curiosas is a famous work by the Benedictine monk and Spanish polygrapher Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, published in five volumes. -
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The independence of the United States
The American War of Independence was a war that pitted the original Thirteen British Colonies in North America against the Kingdom of Great Britain. It occurred between 1775 and 1781, ending with the British defeat at the Battle of Yorktown and the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
Beginning of the reign of Carlos IV
King of Spain between 1788 and 1808, fifth monarch of the House of Bourbon. Son of Carlos III and María Amalia de Sajonia, his reign marks the beginning of the crisis of the Old Regime in Spain. -
The End
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Premiere of The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a singspiel, a type of popular opera sung in German, interspersed with spoken parts. In addition to being a great musical work, it expresses values in the form of criticism.