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Sturm und Drang refers to a set of values and a style of writing that arose in Germany in the second half of the eighteenth century, a particularly intense kind of pre-Romanticism that has often been represented as marking the beginning of an independent modern German culture.
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The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution
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King Louis XVI was sentenced to death by guillotine by the revolutionary government of the Convention on 21 January 1793, found guilty of conspiracy against public liberty and of attacking national security.
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Wordsworth's theory of poetic diction emphasizes the importance of simplicity, naturalness, and sensory detail in poetry. Romantic poetry in the 19th century. helped to shift the focus of poetry away from the epic and towards the everyday experiences of people. -
Faust, two-part dramatic work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part I was published in 1808 and Part II in 1832, after the author's death. -
The loss of high offices to peninsulars and the eighteenth-century revolts in Spanish South America were some of the direct causes of the wars of independence, which took place decades later, but they have been considered important elements of the political background in which the wars took place.
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After attempting for so long to mediate the infighting among the leaders of the Greek Revolution, Byron suddenly fell ill in February of 1824. The great Philhellene—perhaps the greatest there ever was—died on April 19, 1824 in Missolonghi at the incredibly young age of 36. -
The premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony took place at the Vienna Kärnthnerthor Theater on May 7, 1824. By this stage of Beethoven's life, the composer's hearing had deteriorated to such an extent that conducting the performance was out of the question.