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Music releaseMusic Premiere

Jan 8 George Frideric Handel's 1st opera "Almira" premieres in Hamburg

Composer George Frideric Handel
Composer
George Frideric Handel

KnightedKnighthood

Apr 16 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge

Physicist & Mathematician Isaac Newton
Physicist & Mathematician
Isaac Newton
  • Apr 23 Richard Steele's "Tender Husband" premieres in London
  • Oct 1 Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rákóczi becomes king
  • Oct 15 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona
  • Nov 23 Nicholas Rowe's play "Ulysses" premieres in London
  • Dec 29 Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée," premieres in Paris