Births on April 4

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini

Born on April 4, 1676

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (4 April 1676 – 24 October 1760) was an Italian baroque composer particularly known for his more than 40 operas and intermezzos. Highly regarded by music historians of his day like Francesco Saverio Quadrio, Jean-Benjamin de La Borde and Charles Burney, Orlandini, along with Vivaldi, is considered one of the major creators of the new style of opera that dominated the second decade of the 18th century.

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Events on 1676

2 Jun

Battle of Palermo
Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
30 Jul

Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
12 Aug

King Philip's War
Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
19 Sep

Bacon's Rebellion
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
21 Nov

Rømer's determination of the speed of light
The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

Births on April 4

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini

Born on April 4, 1676

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Events on 1676

Battle of Palermo

Bacon's Rebellion

King Philip's War

Bacon's Rebellion

Rømer's determination of the speed of light