February 22, 1788 — Arthur Schopenhauer is born
Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig, in what is now Poland. The child of a wealthy patrician family, Arthur went...
June 24, 2021
Art & Culture
1789 — Marie Antionette (allegedly) says “Let them eat cake”
The French phrase “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” is usually translated as “Let them eat cake”, and is widely attributed...
June 14, 2021
October 19, 1806 — Benjamin Banneker dies
Benjamin Banneker was born a free black man in Virginia in 1731 – his mother was also a free black,...
April 24, 2021
June 16, 1816 – A party at the Villa Diodati inspires Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein”
It must have been some party. George, Lord Byron was the host, and his guests were the recently married Percy...
April 9, 2021
February 23, 1821 — John Keats dies
John Keats was one of the great Romantic poets, a fact all the more surprising considering that he died at...
April 7, 2021
July 8, 1822 — Percy Bysse Shelley dies
One of the greatest of the Romantic Poets, Shelley was the husband of Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) and a...
April 4, 2021
April 19, 1824 — Lord Byron dies
George Gordon Byron, the 6th Baron Byron, was one of the greatest of the Romantic poets, responsible for such works...
February 24, 2021
June 5, 1826 — Carl Maria von Weber dies
Carl Maria von Weber was one of the earliest significant composers of what is now called the Romantic movement. His...
February 14, 2021
March 26, 1827 — Ludwig van Beethoven dies
Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most well-known composers ever. His Fifth Symphony’s opening bar is perhaps the most...
February 9, 2021
November 19, 1828 — Franz Schubert dies
Franz Peter Schubert was only 31 when he died of what doctors diagnosed as typhoid fever (although others claimed that...
January 29, 2021
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