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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, musician, conductor, chapelmaster, singer and teacher of the Baroque period. He was the most important member of one of the most prominent families of musicians in history, with more than 35 famous composers: the Bach family. -
The beginning of classicism
In the mid-1700s in Europe, a new movement began to emerge in architecture, literature, and the arts known as classicism. -
first published encyclopedia
The Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts) is an encyclopedia published between the years 1751 and 1772 in France under the direction of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. -
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté
He was a painter famous for his watercolor paintings of plants, especially roses. He moved to Paris in 1782, protected by his brother Antoine-Ferdinand Redouté. -
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The Pontiac Rebellion
Pontiac's Rebellion was a war started by North American Indians who were dissatisfied with British policies in the Great Lakes area following their victory in the French and Indian War. Warriors from numerous tribes joined the uprising to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the region. The war was named after the conflict's most important native chief, Pontiac, leader of the Ottawa. -
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The American War of Independence
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 happened between 1775 and 1781, -
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The Austro-Turkish War
The Austro-Turkish War was a war between the Austrian and Ottoman Empires. -
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French Revolution
was a period of great social and political upheaval in France. He witnessed the collapse of the monarchy, the establishment of the First French Republic and culminated in the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and the beginning of the Napoleonic era. -
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Boehm, Theobald
was a musician, virtuoso flutist, composer, inventor, instrument maker and acoustic specialist of Bavarian origin. -
End of the Classicism
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and piano teacher. His musical legacy spans, chronologically, from Classicism to the beginnings of Romanticism.