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Death of Johann Sebastian Bach
A little more than three months later, Bach, who probably suffered from diabetes, suffered a stroke and fell into a coma; In that state he contracted pneumonia and died at 65 years old -
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The first encyclopedia
It is an encyclopedia published between 1751 and 1772 in France under the direction of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. -
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The Seven Years' War
It was a series of international conflicts between early 1756 and late 1763 to establish control over Silesia and for colonial supremacy in North America and India. -
Revolución Industrial
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Industrial Revolution was “the process of change from an agrarian and artisanal economy to one dominated by industry and machinery manufacturing. This process began in Great Britain and from there spread to other parts of the world.” -
Spinner Jenny
The spinning machine is an invention from the period of the Industrial Revolution, designed to manufacture threads or yarns of fibers such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist and piano teacher. His musical legacy spans, chronologically, from Classicism to the beginnings of Romanticism. -
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American War of Independence
It was an armed conflict that was part of the Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies, in which American independence forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army of the United Kingdom. -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith is considered the father of economics as a modern science. His text The Wealth of Nations, published as An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776, is a foundational text of economic theory and economic liberalism.