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| 1709 |
| | | In a friendly keyboard contest in Rome between Handel and Domenico Scarlatti, the result is a draw – Handel being the winner on the organ and Scarlatti on the harpsichord | |
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| 1712 |
| | | The violinist Archangelo Corelli composes his Christmas Concerto, the best known of his influential group of twelve Concerti Grossi | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | Young noblemen, particularly from Britain, visit Italy on the Grand Tour | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | | Canaletto begins to specialize in views of the Venetian canals, finding his main customers among the British | |
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| 1725 |
| | | Vivaldi publishes the set of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons | |
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| 1737 |
| | | Florence loses her independence when the last Medici duke of Tuscany dies | |
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| c. 1740 |
| | | Italian dramatist Carlo Goldoni makes a success of plays in the ancient commedia dell'arte tradition | |
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| 1741 |
| | | Venice's new theatre, the Teatro Novissimo, has machinery which can change the scenes in the blink of an eye | |
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| 1748 |
| | | Systematic digging begins near Vesuvius, in an area where ancient fragments are often unearthed - soon discovered to be Pompeii | |
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| 1751 |
| | | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo begins a series of frescoes to decorate the prince bishop's residence in Würzburg | |
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