April 5, 1588 — Thomas Hobbes is born
Best known as the writer of “Leviathan”, Thomas Hobbes was one of the fundamental philosophers in the Western tradition. His...
January 14, 2022
Art & Culture
January 16, 1605 — “Don Quixote” first published
Widely seen as the first modern novel, Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” (in full, “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of...
January 4, 2022
April 23, 1616 — William Shakespeare dies
In the last few years of his life, Shakespeare wrote only in collaboration with John Fletcher – his last play...
December 24, 2021
March 21, 1685 — Johann Sebastian Bach born
One of the greatest of the Baroque composers, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach (in the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach,...
September 24, 2021
May 7, 1711 — David Hume born
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, David Hume’s parents were noble but impoverished, and he worked as a merchant’s assistant while seeking...
September 7, 2021
July 28, 1750 — Johann Sebastian Bach dies
One of the best known and most loved composers of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach was 85 years old at...
August 24, 2021
April 14, 1759 — George Frideric Handel dies
Handel was 74 years old at the time of his death. Unmarried, he left much of his estate to a...
August 19, 2021
August 27, 1770 — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is born
Hegel was one of the most influential philosophers of his time. He built upon the work of Kant, Descartes, Hume...
August 4, 2021
December 17, 1770 — Ludwig van Beethoven born
Generally acknowledged to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of the classical composers, Ludwig van Beethoven was...
July 29, 2021
March 10, 1772 — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel is born
Schlegel and his brother August were two of the leading members of the Jena Romantics, a group of artists and...
July 24, 2021
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