Timeline #3: Classical Era By graciemlg 1668 Francis Couperin (1668-1733) 1678 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 1683 Jean Phillippe Rameau (1683-1764) 1685 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) 1698 Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) 1700 Giovanni Batista Sammartini (1700-1750) 1709 Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789) 1709 Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano 1710 Domenico Alberti (1710-1740) 1711 Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783) 1711 Englishmen John Shore invents the tuning fork 1712 Frederick the Great (1712-1786) 1714 Nicolò Jommelli (1714-1774) 1714 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) 1714 Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) 1719 Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) 1726 Charles Burney (1726-1814) 1727 Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797) 1728 Nicolò Piccini (1728-1800) Period: 1730 to 1810 Genres rococo, empfindsamkeit, symphony, sonata, concerto, chamber music, string quartet, sacred music, minuet, allegro, rondo, opera, opera seria, opera buffa, opera comique, operetta, ballad opera, grand opera, aria, oratorio Period: 1730 to 1760 The First Great Awakening 1731 Christian Cannabich (1731-1798) 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 1735 Johann Schobert (ca. 1735-1767) 1735 J.C. Bach (1735-1782) 1740 Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) 1740 Frederick the Great becomes king of Prussia Period: 1740 to 1741 Famine in Ireland 1746 William Billings (1746-1800) 1749 Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) 1750 Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) 1751 Maria Anna Mozart (Nannerl) (1751-1829) 1752 Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) 1754 Vicente Martín y Soler (1754-1806) Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War 1755 Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 1759 Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759-1824) 1760 Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Year's War 1767 Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water, or soda water 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet Period: 1775 to 1783 American Revolutionary War 1776 The U.S. Declaration of Independence is adopted 1776 ILLUMINATI founded by Adam Weishaupt 1780 Benjamin Franklin invents bifocal eyeglasses 1781 Los Angeles, CA is founded Period: 1789 to 1797 George Washington is the 1st president of the U.S. 1790 Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin 1793 Former King Louis XVI of France and his wife Marie Antoinette are guillotined! 1796 Edward Jenner develops the vaccination for smallpox
