Classical

By Laynie Lenz
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    The Enlightenment

    This was an era of progress. The scientific method was developed in this era.
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    Classical

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    Rococo

    Elaborate

  • Opera is performed in the US for the first time.

  • Handel's Messiah is composed.

  • C.P.E. Bach’s keyboard treatise Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen—Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard is published

  • Origin of Opera Buffa

    Opera Buffa is a comic opera with characters drawn from everyday life.

  • The first roller skates-which look different from modern roller skates-are invented.

  • The jigsaw puzzle is invented.

  • Haydn is hired by the Esterhazy family.

  • The modern circus is invented in England.

  • William Billings's "The New-England Psalm-Singer" is published.

  • "The Present State of Music in France and Italy" is written.

  • "The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Provinces" is written.

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    The American Revolution

    The original 13 American Colonies versus Great Britain. The colonies were trying to break free from British rule.

  • The very first fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, is founded at the College of William and Mary.

    Phi Beta Kappa now exists as an academic honor society.

  • The Flag Act, establishing the US Flag, is passed in the US.

  • The Italian opera company is revived.

  • Mozart's opera buffs "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro) debuts

  • The first known mechanical alarm clock is invented.

  • The US Constitution is written.

  • A working model of the steamboat is demonstrated.

  • Mozart's opera buffa "Don Giovanni" premieres.

  • George Washington is elected as the first US president.

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    French Revolution

  • The mechanical pencil is created.

  • The opera buffa "Così fan tutte" (All women do it) is debuted

  • Mozart's singspiel "The Magic Flute" premieres.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.

  • The dollar coin is established in the US.

  • Marie Antoinette is beheaded months after her husband is.

  • The half dollar is invented in the US

  • The first vaccine is introduced in England.

  • The US quarter is invented.

  • The first dime is made in the US.

  • Haydn completes his "String Quartet in C Major".

  • Haydn's oratorio Die Schöpfung (The Creation) premieres

  • The first known merry-go-round in the United States.

  • Haydn's oratorio Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) is completed.

  • The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United Kingdom in 1804 by Richard Trevithick, a British engineer born in Cornwall.

  • Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

  • Franz Joseph Haydn dies.

  • The first timpani is made.

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    The War of 1812

  • The Industrial Revolution in the US begins.