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label
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description
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occupation
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position held
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date of birth
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date of death
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image
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| 327
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
|
composer
music teacher
pianist
musician
organist
violinist
|
|
1756-01-27
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1791-12-05
|
|
| 305
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ws
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Ludwig van Beethoven
|
German composer (1770–1827)
|
composer
|
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1770-12-16
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1827-03-26
|
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| 247
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Franz Liszt
|
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)
|
classical composer
pianist
conductor
music teacher
virtuoso
composer
presbyter
writer
|
|
1811-10-22
|
1886-07-31
|
|
| 232
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Johannes Brahms
|
German composer (1833–1897)
|
composer
conductor
pianist
|
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1833-05-07
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1897-04-03
|
|
| 232
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ws
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Franz Schubert
|
Austrian composer (1797–1828)
|
composer
pianist
teacher
|
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1797-01-31
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1828-11-19
|
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| 220
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ws
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Joseph Haydn
|
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
|
composer
conductor
musicologist
pianist
|
chapelmaster
|
1732-03-31
1732-04-01
|
1809-05-31
|
|
| 207
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ws
ws
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Charles V
|
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain and Duke of Burgundy (1500–1558)
|
monarch
|
monarch of the Crown of Aragon
Monarch of Castile and Leon
Holy Roman Emperor
Lord of the Netherlands
king of Sardinia
|
1500-02-24
|
1558-09-21
|
|
| 206
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Carl Maria von Weber
|
German Romantic composer (1786–1826)
|
composer
conductor
pianist
guitarist
classical guitarist
music critic
|
|
1786-11-18
1786-11-19
1786-12-18
1786-11
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1826-06-05
|
|
| 203
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ws
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Jacques Offenbach
|
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
|
composer
cellist
conductor
impresario
|
|
1819-06-20
|
1880-10-05
|
|
| 202
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ws
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Christoph Willibald von Gluck
|
German opera composer (1714–1787)
|
composer
conductor
|
court chapel master
|
1714-07-02
|
1787-11-15
|
|
| 202
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ws
|
Torquato Tasso
|
Italian poet (1544–1595)
|
poet
writer
playwright
prose writer
|
|
1544-03-11
|
1595-04-25
1595-05-25
|
|
| 199
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ws
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Carlo Goldoni
|
Italian playwright (1707-1793)
|
playwright
writer
librettist
screenwriter
translator
poet lawyer
poet
director
|
|
1707-02-25
|
1793-02-06
|
|
| 196
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ws
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Gaetano Donizetti
|
Italian opera composer (1797–1848)
|
composer
|
chapelmaster
|
1797-11-29
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1848-04-08
|
|
| 196
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ws
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Alessandro Manzoni
|
Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)
|
writer
poet
politician
novelist
playwright
|
senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia
member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia
|
1785-03-07
|
1873-05-22
|
|
| 193
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ws
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Johann Strauss II
|
Austrian composer (1825-1899)
|
conductor
composer
|
|
1825-10-25
|
1899-06-03
|
|
| 192
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ws
|
Bedřich Smetana
|
Czech composer (1824–1884)
|
composer
conductor
teacher
pedagogue
pianist
music teacher
|
|
1824-03-02
1824-04-02
|
1884-05-12
|
|
| 190
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ws
|
Giacomo Casanova
|
Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
|
translator
poet
librarian
banker
novelist
diplomat
Iliad's translator
writer
adventurer
autobiographer
|
|
1725-04-02
|
1798-06-04
|
|
| 185
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ws
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Marie Antoinette
|
last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution
|
aristocrat
consort
|
Queen Consort of France
|
1755-11-02
|
1793-10-16
|
|
| 181
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ws
|
Franz Joseph I of Austria
|
Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)
|
politician
monarch
|
Emperor of Austria
Apostolic King of Hungary
King of Bohemia
Head of the House of Habsburg
Member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
|
1830-08-18
|
1916-11-21
|
|
| 175
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ws
|
Angelica Kauffmann
|
Swiss artist (1741–1807)
|
painter
printmaker
artist
|
|
1741-10-30
|
1807-11-05
|
|
| 169
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ws
|
Anton Bruckner
|
Austrian composer (1824-1896)
|
composer
musicologist
music theorist
music teacher
organist
university teacher
teacher
|
|
1824-09-04
|
1896-10-11
|
|
| 167
|
ws
ws
|
Lorenzo Da Ponte
|
Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)
|
librettist
translator
playwright
composer
poet
writer
songwriter
|
|
1749-03-10
|
1838-08-17
|
|
| 167
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ws
|
Pietro Metastasio
|
Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)
|
poet
librettist
playwright
Catholic priest
writer
songwriter
presbyter
|
|
1698-01-03
|
1782-04-12
|
|
| 164
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ws
|
August von Kotzebue
|
German dramatist and writer
|
writer
playwright
poet
lawyer
historian
autobiographer
|
|
1761-05-03
|
1819-03-23
|
|
| 161
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ws
|
Maria Theresa of Austria
|
ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
|
aristocrat
monarch
politician
|
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1717-05-13
|
1780-11-29
|
|
| 160
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ws
|
Ugo Foscolo
|
Italian writer and poet (1778-1827)
|
poet
writer
playwright
translator
literary critic
|
|
1778-02-06
|
1827-09-10
|
|
| 159
|
ws
ws
|
Philip II of Spain
|
16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
|
ruler
|
Monarch of Castile and Leon
Monarch of Portugal
monarch of the Crown of Aragon
Lord of the Netherlands
King of England (jure uxoris)
King of Ireland (Iure uxoris)
monarch
king of Sardinia
King of Naples
King of Sicily
|
1527-05-21
|
1598-09-13
|
|
| 158
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ws
|
Franz Grillparzer
|
Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)
|
writer
poet
playwright
politician
|
Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
|
1791-01-15
|
1872-01-21
|
|
| 157
|
ws
|
Antonio Canova
|
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
|
sculptor
architect
painter
drawer
engraver
|
|
1757-11-01
|
1822-10-13
|
|
| 156
|
ws
|
Friedrich Schlegel
|
German poet, critic and scholar, editor
|
philosopher
translator
writer
novelist
literary critic
university teacher
poet
editor
historian
literary theorist
art theorist
art historian
|
|
1772-03-10
|
1829-01-12
1829-01-11
|
|
| 152
|
ws
|
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
|
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library
|
art historian
librarian
archaeologist
historian
writer
in-home tutor
|
|
1717-12-09
|
1768-06-08
|
|
| 150
|
ws
ws
|
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790
|
military leader
monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1741-03-13
|
1790-02-20
|
|
| 149
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ws
|
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia
|
monarch
composer
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1640-06-09
|
1705-05-05
|
|
| 146
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ws
|
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
|
Austrian author
|
journalist
writer
university teacher
historian
|
|
1836-01-27
1835-01-27
|
1895-03-09
|
|
| 146
|
ws
|
Anton Raphael Mengs
|
German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)
|
painter
art historian
|
court painter
|
1728-03-22
1728-03-12
|
1779-06-29
|
|
| 143
|
ws
|
Domenico Cimarosa
|
Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school
|
composer
|
|
1749-12-17
|
1801-01-11
|
|
| 142
|
ws
|
Adalbert Stifter
|
Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)
|
writer
painter
poet
teacher
preservationist
|
Member of the Frankfurt Parliament
|
1805-10-23
1805
|
1868-01-28
1868-01-23
|
|
| 141
|
ws
|
Antonio Salieri
|
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
|
composer
conductor
pedagogue
musicologist
music teacher
|
court chapel master
|
1750-08-18
|
1825-05-07
|
|
| 137
|
ws
ws
|
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
|
Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)
|
monarch
courtier
|
Grand Mistress of the Order the Starry Cross
Consort of Austria
Consort of Hungary
Consort of Bohemia
|
1837-12-24
|
1898-09-10
|
|
| 136
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ws
|
Maximilian I
|
Holy Roman Emperor
|
ruler
|
Holy Roman Emperor
King of the Romans
Duke of Burgundy
|
1459-03-22
|
1519-01-12
|
|
| 136
|
ws
|
Christian Friedrich Hebbel
|
German poet and dramatist (1813-1863)
|
poet
writer
playwright
poet lawyer
|
|
1813-03-18
|
1863-12-13
|
|
| 135
|
ws
|
Johann Strauss I
|
Austrian Romantic composer
|
composer
conductor
|
|
1804-03-14
|
1849-09-25
|
|
| 134
|
ws
ws
|
Rosalba Carriera
|
Rococo portrait painter (1673-1757)
|
painter
drawer
architectural draftsperson
artist
|
|
1675-10-07
1673-01-12
|
1757-04-15
|
|
| 134
|
ws
|
Cesare Beccaria
|
jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)
|
philosopher
jurist
criminologist
economist
|
|
1738-03-15
|
1794-11-20
|
|
| 134
|
ws
|
Leopold Mozart
|
German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist (1719-1787)
|
composer
musicologist
violinist
pedagogue
music teacher
music theorist
musician
|
|
1719-11-14
|
1787-05-28
|
|
| 133
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ws
|
Joseph Joachim
|
Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher
|
composer
conductor
concertmaster
musicologist
music teacher
university teacher
violinist
violist
|
|
1831-06-28
|
1907-08-15
|
|
| 133
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ws
|
Klemens von Metternich
|
Austrian diplomat and statesman
|
diplomat
politician
writer
|
Minister-President of Austria
ambassador to Saxony
ambassador of Austria to France
ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire to Prussia
|
1773-05-15
|
1859-06-11
|
|
| 131
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ws
|
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty and king of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1503–1564)
|
aristocrat
monarch
politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1503-03-10
|
1564-07-25
|
|
| 130
|
ws
ws
ws
|
Sándor Petőfi
|
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
|
poet
translator
actor
writer
|
|
1823-01-01
1822-12-31
|
1849-07-31
|
|
| 129
|
ws
|
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
|
Austrian composer and pianist
|
composer
conductor
pianist
concertmaster
music teacher
|
court chapel master
|
1778-11-14
|
1837-10-17
|
|
| 128
|
ws
|
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
|
Austrian writer
|
writer
playwright
prose writer
|
|
1830-09-13
|
1916-03-12
|
|
| 127
|
ws
|
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637
|
aristocrat
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1578-07-09
|
1637-02-15
|
|
| 127
|
ws
ws
|
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
|
18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
|
monarch
art collector
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
Apostolic King of Hungary
King of Bohemia
monarch of the Crown of Aragon
King of Sardinia and Corsica
Archduke of Austria
|
1685-10-01
|
1740-10-20
|
|
| 127
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ws
|
Bernardo Bellotto
|
Italian artist
|
painter
printmaker
|
court painter
|
1722-05-20
|
1780-11-17
|
|
| 126
|
ws
ws
|
Carl Czerny
|
Austrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)
|
pianist
composer
musicologist
music theorist
music teacher
|
|
1791-02-21
|
1857-07-15
|
|
| 126
|
ws
|
Ruđer Josip Bošković
|
Croat physicist
|
physicist
astronomer
mathematician
philosopher
diplomat
poet
theologian
polymath
historian
geographer
university teacher
Catholic vocation
|
professor
|
1711-05-18
|
1787-02-13
|
|
| 125
|
ws
|
Carlo Gozzi
|
Italian playwright (1720-1806)
|
playwright
writer
poet
memoirist
|
|
1720-12-13
|
1806-04-04
|
|
| 125
|
ws
|
Johann Nestroy
|
Austrian playwright, actor and singer
|
writer
playwright
poet lawyer
stage actor
opera singer
satirist
poet
actor
|
|
1801-12-07
|
1862-05-25
|
|
| 125
|
ws
|
Alessandro Volta
|
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
|
physicist
inventor
academic
chemist
|
senator
|
1745-02-18
|
1827-03-05
|
|
| 124
|
ws
ws
|
Emperor Rudolf II
|
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria (1552-1612)
|
politician
art collector
monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1552-07-18
|
1612-01-20
|
|
| 124
|
ws
|
Franz von Suppé
|
Austrian composer and conductor (1819-1895)
|
composer
conductor
|
|
1819-04-18
|
1895-05-21
|
|
| 123
|
ws
|
Mór Jókai
|
Hungarian writer (1825–1904)
|
writer
playwright
politician
journalist
|
Member of the House of Magnates
member of the National Assembly of Hungary
|
1825-02-18
|
1904-05-05
|
|
| 123
|
ws
|
Pietro Longhi
|
Italian painter (1701-1785)
|
painter
drawer
visual artist
|
|
1701-11-05
|
1785-05-08
|
|
| 122
|
ws
|
Eduard Hanslick
|
Austrian musician and musicologist
|
musicologist
writer
music critic
professor
composer
aesthetician
critic
opinion journalist
|
|
1825-09-11
|
1904-08-06
|
|
| 121
|
ws
|
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)
|
composer
monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1608-07-13
|
1657-04-02
|
|
| 121
|
ws
|
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
|
Italian philosopher and priest (1797–1855)
|
philosopher
priest
writer
|
|
1797-03-24
|
1855-07-01
|
|
| 119
|
ws
|
Francesco Guardi
|
Italian painter (1712-1793)
|
painter
graphic artist
|
|
1712-10-05
|
1793-01-01
|
|
| 119
|
ws
|
Joris Hoefnagel
|
Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist and draftsman
|
painter
illuminator
cartographer
scientific illustrator
engraver
drawer
|
|
1542
|
1600-09-09
1601
1600
1601-07-24
|
|
| 119
|
ws
|
Louis Spohr
|
German composer, violinist and conductor
|
composer
conductor
musicologist
music teacher
violinist
musician
|
court chapel master
|
1784-04-05
|
1859-10-22
|
|
| 118
|
ws
ws
ws
|
Gregory XVI
|
pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846
|
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
|
pope
cardinal
abbot
|
1765-09-18
|
1846-06-01
|
|
| 118
|
ws
|
Maximilian I of Mexico
|
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
|
politician
botanist
|
Emperor of Mexico
Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
|
1832-07-06
|
1867-06-19
|
|
| 118
|
ws
|
Božena Němcová
|
Czech writer (1820-1862)
|
writer
poet
children's writer
collector of fairy tales
editor
national revival activist
opinion journalist
|
|
1820-02-04
|
1862-01-21
|
|
| 118
|
ws
|
Giuseppe Tartini
|
Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)
|
composer
musicologist
music theorist
violinist
music teacher
|
|
1692-04-08
|
1770-02-26
|
|
| 117
|
ws
|
Bernard Bolzano
|
Bohemian mathematician and priest (*1781 – †1848)
|
mathematician
logician
philosopher of science
theologian
Catholic priest
historian
epistemologist
philosopher
professor
aesthetician
teacher
priest
|
|
1781-10-05
|
1848-12-18
|
|
| 115
|
ws
ws
|
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman emperor (1747-1792)
|
politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor
Prince-Elector
King of Bohemia
Apostolic King of Hungary
Duke of Luxemburg
|
1747-05-05
|
1792-03-01
|
|
| 115
|
ws
|
Theodor Körner
|
German poet
|
poet
writer
|
|
1791-09-23
|
1813-08-26
|
|
| 115
|
ws
|
Lazzaro Spallanzani
|
Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)
|
physicist
naturalist
university teacher
entomologist
botanist
|
museum director
|
1729-01-12
|
1799-02-11
1799-02-12
|
|
| 114
|
ws
ws
|
Jan Ladislav Dussek
|
Czech composer and pianist (1760–1812)
|
composer
pianist
organist
|
|
1760-02-12
1761-02-09
|
1812-03-20
|
|
| 114
|
ws
|
Ignaz Moscheles
|
Bohemian conductor, music educator, composer and pianist (1794-1870)
|
pianist
conductor
composer
pedagogue
musicologist
music teacher
diarist
university teacher
violinist
|
|
1794-05-23
1794-05-30
|
1870-03-10
|
|
| 113
|
ws
|
Marie Louise I, Duchess of Parma
|
Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847)
|
ruler
consort
politician
|
|
1791-12-12
|
1847-12-17
|
|
| 111
|
ws
ws
|
Philip IV of Spain
|
King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)
|
monarch
ruler
politician
art collector
|
Monarch of Castile and Leon
Monarch of Portugal
monarch of the Crown of Aragon
monarch
king of Sardinia
|
1605-04-08
|
1665-09-17
|
|
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Eugene of Savoy
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prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire
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military officer
military leader
army officer
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ambassador of Austria to France
Governor of Milan
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1663-10-18
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1736-04-21
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Antonio Caldara
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Italian composer (c.1670–1736)
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composer
cellist
singer
chapelmaster
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chapelmaster
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1671
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1736-12-28
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