GrosHendelRothBachKoch family affairs!
20 February 1719 Handel explains his delay in visiting Michaelsen on pressing affairs, assures that he will soon visit, and makes enquiries as to his (Handel's) "Mama"*. ...Finally, Handel asks Michaelsen to present his compliments to Mr. Roth** and to all their friends. (Magister Christian Roth was Handel's cousin.)
June 17, 1721 Age 23 Marriage of Anna Magdalena, Age 23, to Johann Wilhelm Gros
Anna Magdalena Gros Birthdate: May 25, 1698 Birthplace: Rennerod, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Death: Died December 15, 1758 in Rennerod, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Immediate Family: Daughter of Johann Christian Roth and Eva Elisabetha Roth
Wife of Johann Wilhelm Gros http://www.geni.com/people/Johann-Wi...00027359322571 Died May 20, 1744 in Rennerod, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(Johan Sebastian Bach marries 2nd wife, Anna Magdalena Wilcke. on December 3, 1721, 17 months after the death of his first wife, Maria Barbara.)
This inconsistency of marriage date is explained via Hendel's Floridante, First Performance 1721-12-9 / 3 Acts, Date of Composition 1721-11-28 (end date) London, King's Theatre: Floridante : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato) Oronte : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass) Timante : Benedetto Baldassari, called "Benedetti" (soprano-castrato) Rossane : Maddalena Salvai (soprano) Elmira : Anastasia Robinson (contralto) Coralbo: ? (bass) Librettist By Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687-1765), after Francesco Silvani, 1706. Language Italian Piece Style Baroque.
Aliases discovered so far: 46(plus 2 "tentative")
Marriages so far: 16 or 17 , ie Claudius Amyand Marriage to Mary R(L)abache Nov 6th, 1717 is propably same as JSBach's marriage to Maria-Barbara Bach, October 17. 1707
*Handel referring to "Mama" in his letter to Michaelsen (in Halle), is certainly meaning his wife there , ie wife of his alias "Johan Christian Hendel", publisher. A google research on his publications leads to further conclusions on his intent and also to Goethe's proktophantasmist publisher, Frederic de Nicolay.
Dissertation des aus Erfurt stammenden Nicolaus Christoph Bach über ärztliche Kunstfehler.
Keywords: Chirurgie / Thüringen / Medizin Pharmazie / Medicine Pharmacy
Johann Christian Hendel, Begründer des heute in so hoher Blüte stehenden Hallenser Hauses.
http://www.zeno.org/Schmidt-1902/A/Hendel,+Otto
**Magister Roth hasalready been marked as another of Handel's aliases in relevant timeline, his marriage of August 23, 1712, coinciding with Ed.Mor.Montagu's marriage (after elopment) on same day. Next came Messrs "Erskine" (One of Czar Peter's doctors) and "Emanuel Swedeborg"
B 142 1753 - 1756 Dr. Nicolaus Christoph Bach, Hofmedikus und Stadt- und Landchirurg in Lobenstein wider Christoph Friedrich Heumann, Hof- und Stadtapotheker in Lobenstein, wegen angemaßter medizinischer Praxis, Regierung Gera
Some sources for publisher Hendel:
http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:He...hann_Christian
http://hallesche-stoerung.de/drucker...-goldenen-rose
http://www.idref.fr/079976891#060
Rich-Rich-Rich....in Holland Park
On second thoughts "Fox hunting in Holland Park" maybe a better title
Holding precious memories from a two year residence around-Holland-Park (as a student, some decades ago) I was intriqued discovering, in prev timelines, the 4th Earl of Holland, E.H.Rich, and therefor decided to concentrate on him and Holland Park’s history. Hence the following timeline that will be commented upon later-on:.
- Born:28 September 1705, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Foxley,
- Charlotte, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddleton, of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, married, in 1716, the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, thus, "linking with the associations of Kensington the memory of that illustrious man, has invested with a classic halo the groves and shades of Holland House."
- Marlborough's health was fading, and on 28 May 1716 (O.S.), shortly after the death of his daughter Anne, Countess of Sunderland, he suffered a paralytic stroke at Holywell House.
- On 19 May 1719, Edward Henry Rich, 9th Baron Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick and 4th Earl of Holland,became a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George I.
- Joseph Addison died 17 June 1719, Holland House, Kensington.
- John Montagu He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1719, http://www.montaguemillennium.com/fa..._1749_john.htm
He also lived in the miniature Versailles in Boughton after making little alteration to the house but made sweeping changes to the landscape and gardens after his return from campaign in Europe with his father-in-law, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough., ie after 1718-9. - William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington. On the death of his cousin Edward Henry Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick, in 1721, he inherited through his mother the estates of the Rich family (including Holland House)
- Edward Henry Rich dies 16th August 1721, succeeded by his cousin Edward_Rich,_8th_Earl_of_ Warwick Francis thru his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Rich, only daughter and heiress of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick and 2nd Earl of Holland,inherited the substantial Rich estates (including Holland House in London).
- However http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_...rl_of_Warwick: "page does not exist" for him and…
- One has to spend about a hour to next conclude that heir to his title and property, Holland House at least, then went to Georgiana Carolina Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, of Holland, conceived late june 1722, ie shortly before....
- Died 16 June 1722 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, Prince of Mellenburg. Henrietta Churchill, his eldest daughter, wife of Francis Godolphin, succeeded as Duchess of MARLBOROUGH, same date. She acquired much notoriety by her attachment to William Congreve, the dramatist.
- John Montagu. On 22 June 1722, George I appointed him governor of the islands of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent in the West Indies.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi also known as Cochin
- In August 1722, the miseries the Bastille firmly behind him, Voltaire embarked for Holland, with a view to finding a Dutch publisher for the Henriade. He did not travel alone. With him was the delicious Marie-Marguerite de Rupelmonde, a pretty, pleasure-loving young widow in her early thirties,
- 7 octobre 1722 Voltaire in Brussels “Neuf ans plus tard il revient dans la capitale pour préparer une édition de La Henriade qui avortera. Cette fois, ses impressions se précisent. La lettre qu'il adresse le 7 octobre 1722 à madame de Bernières est un magnifique éloge des Provinces-Unies, pays où tout le monde travaille, où tout le monde, modeste dans sa mise, l'est aussi dans ses habitudes et ses pensées. C'est le pays de la tolérance et dup. ‘Je m'accoutume tout à fait à me passer de Paris’ conclut-il.”
- Cogreve the dramatist ….was famous for his friendships with prominent actresses.. and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, daughter of the famous general, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, whom he had probably met by 1703 and had a daughter, Mary (1723–1764), believed to be his (but her exact birthday is missing: Mary Osborne, Duchess of Leeds (1723 – 3 August 1764))
- Hervey was bisexual.[4] He was married to Mary Lepell, but he had an affair with Anne Vane, and possibly ones with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Princess Caroline. He lived with Stephen Fox often during the decade after he followed him to Italy in 1728
- Congreve the dramatist died in Holland House Dec 1729*
- Lord Hervey: Brief an, St. James’s, 4. November 1732[4]He wrote passionate love letters to Francesco Algarotti, whom he first met in 1736. He may have had a sexual affair with Prince Frederick before their friendship dissolved. He was in fact denounced as a sexually ambiguous figure in his time most notably by William Pulteney, then leader of the Opposition and as cited above, by Alexander Pope in his "Sporus" portrait: "Let Sporus tremble/ What that thing of silk...His wit all seesaw between that and this/Now high, now low, now master up, now miss/ And he himself one vile antithesis...". The affair with Count Algarotti is certain not conjecture. He was also attracted to Henry Fox before his affair with Stephen Fox.[5][6]
- Henry Fox, In 1735 he entered Parliament as Member for Hindon in Wiltshire. He became a protégé and devoted supporter of Sir Robert Walpole, the long-standing Prime Minister, achieving unequalled and unenviable proficiency in the worst political arts of his master and model. He earned particular notice with a speech in parliament calling on Britain to support its European allies, principally Austria.[1]
- Both Henry and his brother Stephen Fox were sentimentaly invlolved with Voltaire's Algarotti who in his turn ,had an affair with Lord Hervey as from 1736, and possibly with Prince Frederick of Prussia,
- Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was appointed Secretary at War and member of the Privy Council in 1746, at a time when Britain was engaged in the War of the Austrian Succession. Fox had begun living at the mansion in 1746, and in 1749 obtained a lease from Edwardes of the house and sixty-four acres of land for "99 years or three lives".[16]
- John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, died 5 July 1749,
- After John Montagu's death, the British national collections were kept in the family's house ( `Montagu House') in Bloomsbury. This house and the collections became the British Museum in 1759
- Georgiana was created Baroness Holland of Holland in May 1762 while her husband, Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Foxley, was created Baron Holland of Foxley on 17 April 1763.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F..._Baron_Holland.
- He later purchased from Francis Edwardes (+Dec 1725) descendants property adjacent to Holland House.
- By 1767, Fox was leasing all of Edwardes' estate north of the Hammersmith road (the modern Kensington High Street), and negotiated a purchase of the land for £17,000, and a further £2,500 paid to the sons of Edward Henry Edwardes, who would otherwise have inherited the estate.[e]
- Fox died at Holland House in 1774 and thereafter it was inherited by his descendants
- William, son of Francis Edwardes and Lady Elizabeth Rich was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Kensington in 1776.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_House:
- At the time of its creation in 1605, the house presided over a 500 acres (200 ha; 0.78 sq mi) estate that stretched from Holland Park Avenue to the current site of Earl's Court tube station, and its southern extent almost reached the Fulham Road.[16] By the time it was purchased by Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, from William Edwardes in 1768, it had shrunk to two hundred acres.[16]
- Fox had begun living at the mansion in 1746, and in 1749 obtained a lease from Edwardes of the house and sixty-four acres of land for "99 years or three lives".[16] By 1767, Fox was leasing all of Edwardes' estate north of the Hammersmith road.
Footnote
*Late 1729 timeline
- Montesquieu voyage en Autriche, en Italie, en Allemagne et en Hollande du 20 mai 1728 au 17 octobre 1729. Ensuite il séjourne en Angleterre du 3 novembre 1729 au mois de mai de 1731
- L'introduction d'esclaves déclenche l'inquiétude des Amérindiens avec lesquels commercent les trappeurs au Nord du Mississippi et une multiplication de conflits très violents, préludes au massacre du 28 novembre 1729, dit "massacre de Natchez",
- First Performance 1729-12-2 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket [more...] Composer Handel, George Frideric Lotario Adelaide: Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano) Opus/Catalogue Number HWV 26 Movements/Sections 3 Acts Year/Date of Composition 1729-11-16 Lotario: Antonio Maria Bernacchi (alto-castrato) Berengario: Annibale Pio Fabri, called "Balino" (tenor) Matilde: Antonia Maria Merighi (contralto) Idelberto: Francesca Bertolli (contralto) Clodomiro: Johann Gottfried Riemschneider (bass) Librettist Giacomo Rossi, after Antonio Salvi, 1722/9 Language Italian
- Ramsay and Montesquie Both were elected Fellows of the Royal Society in December 1729
A highly distinguished "foxy" alias overturning the tables of history?
Wikipedia totaly avoids today the specific, as above, family details of Henry Fox (other than one marriage to "the much younger Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, in 1744. She was later created Baroness Holland, of Holland in the County of Lincoln. thus legalising Fox's political heirs "The noted Whig politicians Charles James Fox and the 3rd Baron Holland were his son and grandson, respectively").
Furthermore, besides birth and death dates (to be disregarded), the only concrete date given is his resignation: "On 13 October 1756 Fox resigned, fatally weakening Newcastle, whose Ministry collapsed completely that November.[6]"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F..._Baron_Holland
To help us delete the title's question mark, here comes Immanuel Kant himself:A google search for Swedeborg and Comte de Saint Germain leads to I. KANT.Koenigsberg, le 10 août 1758, Lettre à Charlotte de Knobloch sur Swedenborg.:
It was in 1756, in late September, a Saturday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, as Mr. Swedenborg, returning from England, landed in Gothenburg. William Castel invited him home with a company of fifteen people. It was about six in the evening. Mr. Swedenborg, who had gone out, returned to the living room, pale and cloudy. He said that at that moment a violent fire had broken out in Stockholm, in the south part of town, and the fire made great havoc. He was very agitated and often went out ... He said the house of one of his friends he named (St. Germain) was already reduced to ashes, and that his own was very exposed. (Gothenburg is more than 50 miles from Stockholm).
-Until a 1756 timeline is published in this thread, here is another http://www.kronobase.org/chronologie-annee-1756.html to check what Voltaire and some of his aliases were doing in the year, adding yourselfs whatever data of "Henry Fox vs admiral Byng" case you can find.
-Anyhow the Stockholm fire Kant is talking about, covering in fact "Swedenborg/Voltaire/Henry Fox etc" and propably himself as well , happened in the summer of 1751, "destroying many houses in one of the finest streets of the metropolis" with only eight houses escaping, including the "french ambassador's and mine". (Baron Scheffer to Mme Deffand, Compiegne, 18th July (1751)).
Forword to "...and then we take Berlin"
....which sounds already outdated thanks to "Henry Fox" and his sons, their life stories, so decisive for 18th history, upturning not just its tables but ours as well, creating more problems than others solved, their life details entry into our "overall timeline" leading to continuous revisions of partial timelines already published, bringing to surface even more aliases* needing a repeat of same procedure etc etc, a vicious circle for yours truly, asking hereby the reader's kind patience.
Having spent a couple of hours, as above, aliases "Henry Fox&sons" are beyond doubt confirmed of being blood related to "Voltaire" ie to "Jean Batiste de Felix,II du nom, chevalier, marquis de Muy, de Grignan & de La reynarde" because:
a) their life details "fit" in main timeline perfectly (apart of dates of passing, mainly, as birthdates are more important for succesion to titles and matters of inheritance)
b) they make sense (such as the previous revelation on "Immanuel Kant" , "Swedeborg" and "Saint Germain" all "pennames".
c) "Fox" derives from "Reynarde". (Insignificant as evidence but usefull in drawing conclusions on early 18th cent relative liberal practices of the elit).
Summarising our conclusions on "Voltaire's" role in his/their time (say 1680 to 1815 at least):
Himself, the patriarch, controlled everything and everyone of importance, being an integral and indispensable part of Britain and Prussia, via his intimate links and control of both "Hannover" and "Brandenburg", of "Moscovia" (von Biron still with half a question mark due to lack of concrete data only), of "Versailles", initially via his control over Fleury and D'Orleans, then changing sides before the Seven Year war but with his sons remaining on the other side and-finally and very evidently-of "New York" and "Boston".
He organised and used a large "system" of "secret" agents, mainly his sons and maitresses, to communicate and its my conclusion that corrsepondance already published and digitized is less significant than other pubished but not digitized which is also less significant of other, not at all published, transmitted via diplomatic purse letters , still marked with red tape today.
It's also my belief that, because of the oyster type secrecy employed, most if not all of his present day live descendants, including fans of select champagne brands in particular, are not fully aware of the full extent and details of his role and, as such, they might find my writings of interest.
Planning ahead, "Berlin' will propably be retitled "Brandenburg concerti" and will hopefully appear within next week.
Until then.
* Minutes ago discovered, for instance :
"Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811), Austrian dramatist, was born in Vienna, on 26 December 1771. (Note by me: Wikipedia: No bio data of his father, a doctor, Heinrich Joseph Collin (1731−1784).
Conclusion : Possibly son of "Voltaire's" Collini, propable link to "Foscolo", deriving from FOX-Nicolo: There was an Academia Foscolidi in Florence, 1776 , corresponding with Berlin's Royal Academy of which Collini was a member and secretary : Lettera in versi del sig. abate Luca Magnanima al celebre signor Formey segretario perpetuo dell'accademia reale di Berlino & Luca Magnanima (Letta nell’Academia Foscolidi la sera di 22. giugno 1776) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_..._Samuel_Formey (*31 mai 1711 à Berlin + 7 mars 1797 Berlin)
Is Collini the same as JHSFormey??
(Ugo Foscolo (Italian: [ˈuɡo ˈfoskolo]; 6 February 1778 in Zakynthos – 10 September 1827 in Turnham Green), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.[1] Foscolo was born on the Ionian island of Zakynthos (Zante). His father was Andrea Foscolo, an impoverished Venetian nobleman, and his mother Diamantina Spathis was Greek.In 1788, on the death of his father, who worked as a physician in Spalato, today Croatia (Split), the family removed to Venice, and at the University of Padua Foscolo completed the studies begun at the Dalmatian grammar school.)
...needs further investigation for eventual link to "Hennin" ("Luca Abate" possible alias of Pierre Michel Hennin, marrying Mallet around 1776,Geneva, fathering Michel Hennin around 1777).
Continued from previous (on Fox, Foscolidi, Montagu)
"Foscolo, who, for causes not clearly explained, had changed his Christian name Niccolò" (Foscolo in Wikipedia)
In "Giornale agrario toscano" we find that Accademia "Fossolidi" (chi piu n'a piu ne metta) became Accademia Labronica in 1816 (p.94)
In http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9921/...921-h.htm#fv53 we find Lord Byron, visiting Lord Holland in 1812 and in the company, next, late 1813, of his son, Henry Fox.
We also find Hugo Foscolo translating into italian english political speeches, in 1817:
The speeches delivered in the Lower House on March 3, 1817, were translated by Ugo Foscolo, and published with a dedication "al nobile giovinetto, Enrico Fox, figlio di Lord Holland".
Finally, from http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Montag...ortley_(DNB00) we not only learn who Foscolo's father was but also, as a bonus, we have the confirmation to our conclusion that "Montagu" and "Fox" were one and the same:
Edward Wortley Montagu, "a thorough liar, and so weak-minded as to be capable of turning 'monk one day, and a Turk three days after" according to his mother, using the alias "Nicolo Fox", among others, while "travelling".
Having previously declared unreliable deathdates of persons using aliases, unlike birth dates, I am convinced that it wasn't E.W.Montagu/"Nicolo Fox"'s" son, born apparently while his mother, at least, was on a boat to Zante and hence, also christened (propably roman catholic in Zante at the time*) "Nicolo Fox" , hence a "son of a Foss-Nicolo ie a Fossolidi (in grk, as names ran then) himself, who changed his name to Hugo, propably becoming a protestant before going to London, looking for explanations but keeping his birthday intact (Born Zante ,Feb 1778).
Not so his father who had many reasons to fake his death and dissapear**, his "story" next, not at all convincing to the contrary :
In 1775 he was at Venice, where he continued to live like a Turk, and received visitors squatting on the floor. Among them was the painter, George Romney, who painted a half-length portrait of him in his oriental costume, now in the possession of Lord Wharncliffe. .....While at Venice Montagu heard of the death of his wife, and was on his way home with the intention of marrying, when he died at Padua on 29 April 1776. His death is said to have been due to the swallowing of a fish-bone. He was buried in the cloister of the Eremetani, Padua. An obscene advertisement for a wife, which appeared in the 'Public Advertiser'*** of 16 April 1776, was supposed to have been inserted by him. He left several illegitimate children, for whom he provided by his will.
Fittingly, while in London, Foscolo lived in Kensington, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardes_Square ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwarde..._London_18.jpg :
Partly build by a frenchman, falsely rumored to be an agent of Napoleon, derived its name from William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington...
*Andrea Benedetto Ganassoni (Brescia, 26 gennaio 1734 – Venezia, 29 marzo 1786) è stato un arcivescovo cattolico italiano. was Corfu and Zante's Bishop in 1778.
**To be sure, however, after 1815, in Zante, under british rule, not much attention was given to such details....
***http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Advertiser (Letters by Junius!)
More time for Cassandra's concerto.
I am quite sure, dear readers of my recent posts, that you, already accustomed to earlier surprises, are by now concentrating either on....
JSBach About the beginning of August 1721 he gave a performance of some unspecified kind for Count Heinrich XI Reuss of Schleiz; this may have been arranged by J.S. Koch, the Kantor there, who had held a post at Mühlhausen, though possibly not in Bach’s time there. (Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (German: Heinrich XI Fürst Reuß zu Greiz; born 18 March 1722), ie conceived july 1721 , Note by "Yanni" : A "princely son" with great blue blood issue, his principality remaining intact during WWII, much like Lichtenstein, its neighbouring "paradise", some 15 miles northeast.!!)...
...if from the blue blood kind.....Or on....
Samuel Richardson’s November/December 1721 (dates coincide propably if calendar differences are accounted for) marriage to Anna Magdalena Martha Wilde/ Wilcke/Wülcken
...if from the classical music kind...
...or on both, if from the “historian” kind, in which case you may also consider going as far as John Wilkes(1725-1797, since 1744 studying in Leyden and, eversince very active politicaly), Holbach’s friend and printer, in his Westminster private press-Le Christianisme devoile ou Examen des principes et des effets de la religion Chretienne_. Par feu M. Boulanger -and his distinguished friends, John Erskin, J.B.Suard, Stormont, Robert Murray Keith &sons, Benj.Langlois etc , etc.
As for me, after spending half of my Easter Sunday on D’Argenson bros, their confusing titles, their important positions in french administration and their strange relationship with Voltaire’s aliases and sons from the "other side", I now need time to digest it all and still more to put it in presentable form.
Until next.
PS Timeline to check who is who, done what
- First Performance 1724-10-31, King's Theatre, London: Tamerlano Handel, George Frideric 3 Acts Year/Date of Composition 1724-7-(3-23) Tamerlano : Andrea Pacini (alto-castrato) Bajazet : Francesco Borosini (tenor) Asteria : Francesca Cuzzoni (soprano) Andronico : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato) Irene : Anna Dotti (contralto) Leone : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass) Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym, after C. Agostino Piovene, 1711/19, from J.N. Pardon Language Italian
- In early January 1725, Peter was struck once again with uremia. Legend has it that before lapsing into unconsciousness Peter asked for a paper and pen and scrawled an unfinished note that read: "Leave all to ..." and then, exhausted by the effort, asked for his daughter Anna to be summoned.[b]
- Conceived 17th Jan 1725, John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) , Of note :Francis Godolphin served as Lord Justice of Great Britain from June 9, 1725 to Jan. 3, 1726
- Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (What my God wants, may it always happen),[1] BWV 111, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig in 1725 for the third Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 21 January 1725. The text is based on the hymn by Albert, Duke of Prussia, published in 1554. Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (I have to God's heart and mind),[1] BWV 92, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for Septuagesimae and first performed it on 28 January 1725. It is based on the hymn by Paul Gerhardt (1647). The bass aria describes the "howling and raging of the rough winds", an image of the rough situation of a Christian, by "incessant movement" of both the voice and the continuo
- In February 8th [O.S. 28 January] 1725 death of Peter the Great.
- Johann Philipp Breyne (9 August 1680 in Danzig (Gdańsk), Poland – 12 December 1764 in Danzig), son of Jacob Breyne (1637–97), noted Danzig merchant and botanist and Sarah Rogge, daughter of Danzig minter and engraver, Gerard Rogge. He was a German botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist. He is best known for his work on the Polish cochineal (Porphyrophora polonica), an insect formerly used in production of red dye. Proposed by Hans Sloane, he was elected, on 21 April 1703, a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (after 1715) and the Societas Litteraria (after 1720). Like his father he studied in Leyden, but he earned a degree in medicine and became a practicing physician in Danzig.
- Christian Goldbach (1690-1764) became professor of mathematics and historian at St. Petersburg in 1725. He met Euler there, and when he (Goldbach) left St. Petersberg three years later, he and Euler maintained an active correspondence. It was Goldbach who first whetted Euler's interest in number theory. In fact, what we refer to today as "Goldbach's Conjecture" (that every even integer is the sum of two primes), was first stated in a letter from Goldbach to Euler.
Goldbach's not so concrete conjecture!
Goldbach's only "concrete" date is the day he posted Euler his "Conjecture"
- Frederick invaded Bohemia and defeated the Austrian troops at the Battle of Chotusitz on 17 May 1742. By the agency of John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford (mocked as Hundsfott, "scoundrel" by Frederick), envoy of the British, which was eager to prevent further war in Europe, a peace was concluded.Based on the terms of the treaty, Maria Theresa ceded most of the Silesian duchies to Prussia except for the Duchy of Teschen, the districts of Troppau and Krnov south of the Opava river as well as the southern part of the Duchy of Nysa, that were all to become the province of Austrian Silesia. Furthermore Frederick annexed the Bohemian County of Kladsko.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ca...rl_of_Hyndford . No "concreter" dates other than: He was envoy to Prussia from 1741–42, to Russia from 1744–49 and to Vienna from 1752-64.
- Peace terms of the Treaty of Breslau between the Austrians and the Prussians negotiated in June 1742, gave Prussia all of Silesia and Glatz County[30] with the Austrians retaining only that portion of Upper Silesia called "Austrian or Czech Silesia." Prussian possession of Silesia gave the kingdom control over the navigable Oder River.
- On 7 June 1742, the German mathematician Christian Goldbach wrote a letter to Leonhard Euler (letter XLIII)[5] in which he proposed the following conjecture
- DE M. DE VOLTAIRE to Frederick: Juin 1742 . Sire, me voilà dans Paris; C'est, je crois, votre capitale: Tous les sots, tous les beaux esprits, Gens à rabat, gens à sandale, Petits-maîtres, pédants aigris,
- Marivaux In 1742 was elected a member of the Académie française . He became acquainted with the then unknown Jean-Jacques Rousseau helping him revise a play Narcissus though it wasn't produced till long afterwards.[3] Marivaux is reputed to have been a witty conversationalist, with a somewhat contradictory personality. He was extremely good-natured, but fond of saying very severe things, unhesitating in his acceptance of favours (he drew a regular annuity from Claude Adrien Helvétius),
- After the fall of Sir Robert Walpole, John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey was dismissed (July 1742) from his office. An excellent political pamphlet, Miscellaneous Thoughts on the present Posture of Foreign and Domestic Affairs, shows that he still retained his mental vigour, but he was liable to epilepsy, and his weak appearance and rigid diet were a constant source of ridicule to his enemies. He predeceased his father, but three of his sons became successively Earls of Bristol.
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- By July, attempts at conciliation had completely collapsed. Maria Theresa's ally, the Elector of Saxony, now became her enemy[77] and George II declared the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg to be neutral.[78] The Queen was once again in need of help from Hungary. In order to obtain it, she granted favours to the Hungarian noblemen and flattered them without conceding to all of their demands. She had already won their support when she appeared in Pressburg in September 1741, hoping to persuade the Diet to call a mass conscription and recognise Francis Stephen as co-ruler. Upon achieving both goals, she showed her gift for theatrical displays by triumphantly holding her son and heir, Joseph, before the Diet, thereby gaining sympathy of the noblemen.[6][79][80]
- Lettre de madame du Deffand au président Hénault 21 juillet 1742. M. de Voyer*, fils aîné du ministre de la guerre, chargeant la colonne anglaise à la tête du régiment de Berri, fut pendant deux heures tenu pour mort par son père; c'eût été le second fils qu'il eût perdu sous les drapeaux, le plus jeune ayant péri deux années auparavant sur les remparts de Prague La mort du petit d'Argenson est affreuse.] [17] Huit canons anglais pris à cette bataille furent donnés par le roi au comte d'Argenson en récompense de ses services.
- in August 1742 Voltaire and Frederick met in Aix-la-Chapelle. Voltaire was sent to Sanssouci by the French government, as an ambassador/spy and find out more about Frederick plan's after the First Silesian War.[21]
- Despite the popular name of the treaty, it was actually signed in Berlin.[1]
Needless to say, Mme Deffand is a dependable source only when recognised as a "cover up" for Voltaire/aka "président Hénault", acting as his secretary/ postwoman/conspiratrice.
*Marquiss "Voyer d' Argenson", brother of "comte d'Argenson". (He didn't really die, imo, and sender of this letter is not MMe Deffand but Voltaire himself writing to Deffand on his way to or from Berlin, advising her so that she passes the message to their english friends).
Samuel Voltaire von Cocceji, Prussia's first ever Chancellor!
A "gap" in our heroe's timeline has just been filled today:
According to "Geld, Handel, Wirtschaft: Höchste Gerichte im Alten Reich als Spruchkörper" p.132, Samuel von Cocceji, Prussia's first ever "Chancellor"(1747), from Dec 1714 to April 1715 represented Magdeburg in Vienna, followed by Graf Karl Hugo von Metternich.
1714/15 data have been entered in corresponding previous timeline but, with some 60 odd aliases now circulating, the task to first remember and then put on record each and everyone, becomes herculean. As, however, it concerns the delicate birth of our "Western World", we have just to do our best and follow it thru to successfull completion.
Readers, expert in German history in particular, are kindly invited to participate.
Cocceji's chancellorship timeline extract:
- On 10 January 1747 :The marriage of princess Maria Josepha of Saxony to the French Dauphin(Louis was married by proxy at Dresden to Maria Josepha of Saxony, the 15-year-old younger daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and his wife, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria.
- 9 February 1747 Hasse performed two of his operas, Ezio and Artaserse, in Bayreuth in the half finished Markgräfliches Opernhaus, because of the marriage(Am 26. September 1748 (???) ]fand die Vermählung in Bayreuth statt. Die Hochzeit von Herzog Karl II. Eugen von Württemberg und der Prinzessin von Brandenburg- sister of Friedrich II the Great-of Prussia)of Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, the daughter of Wilhelmine of Bayreuth.
- A second marriage ceremony took place in person at Versailles on 9 February 1747.
- Samuel Cocceji by 1747 he was Großkanzler (grand chancellor) of Prussia.
- Außerdem wurde ihm von König Friedrich II. von Preußen am 7. März 1747 der Schwarze Adlerorden verliehen*.[1]
- Voltaire's next letters to Theriot Versailles, March 10 and Algarotti , April 2, 1747 (Oeuvres complètes, Tome 15, p.189, 190; Algarotti is on his way to Italy via france, on V's recomendation, he is to see Emilie)
- 13 Mars 1747 "Erigone" de la Bruère e Mondonville
- Mitte März 1747 traf Algarotti wieder in Berlin ein und wurde von Friedrich II. freudig begrüßt. Er ernannte ihn zu seinem Kammerherrn, sprach ihm eine jährliche Pension zu und zeichnete ihn am 23. April 1747 mit dem neugeschaffenen Orden Pour le Mérite aus**It seems he was involved in the production of operas and involved in finishing the architectural designs of Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff who had fallen ill.
(Frederick's "Von Catt"***,designer of Sans Soucci, 1745-47??) - 28 March 1747[12][13] John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu 1690 1749 Full general rank was general of horse.
- Gaspard tutored prince Friedrich von Sachsen Gotha Altenburg (1725-1756), March 1747 in Geneva and, according to Rousseau's "Confessions", became aquainted with Rousseau too, in Paris 1749, while under Melchior Grimm, his "other" tutor
- Voltaire a la Mme La Marquisse de Pompadour “Avril”
- In April 1747 the French army entered Flanders. In an effort to quell internal strife amongst the various factions, the States General of the Netherlands appointed William to the hereditary position of General Stadtholder of all seven of the United Provinces. William and his family moved from Leeuwarden to The Hague. William first met Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1747, and 2 years later appointed him field marshal of the Dutch States Army, which later led to his being one of the regents to William's heir. On 4 May 1747 he was confirmed as Hereditary Stattholder of the United Provinces (Netherlands).William IV was considered an attractive, educated and accomplished prince in his prime. Although he had little experience in state affairs, William was at first popular with the people. He stopped the practice of indirect taxation by which independent contractors managed to make large sums for themselves. Nevertheless, he was also a Director-General of the Dutch East India Company, and his alliance with the business class deepened while the disparity between rich and poor grew.
*Wikipedia article on Samuel von Cocceji: Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 8. Februar 2015 um 16:37 Uhr geändert.
** " " " on Algarotti : Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 14. Februar 2015 um 20:00 Uhr geändert.
***leaving the subject of von Katte's execution wide open.
Coccejikochbach von Katte's alleged execution!
Alternative title: Have a heart for Kattes!
Hans Hermann von Katte was allegedly executed November 6th 1730.
- On 5 August 1730, while the royal retinue was near Mannheim in the Electorate of the Palatinate, Frederick tried to escape from his quarters. At that point Katte stayed in Potsdam.[1] A compromising letter unmasked Katte as an accomplice and Frederick and Katte were subsequently arrested and imprisoned in Küstrin. Because they were army officers who had tried to flee Prussia for England, Frederick William I leveled an accusation of treason against the pair.
- August Friedrich Eichel (not Samuel von Cocceji) Im Prozess nach dem Fluchtversuch des Kronprinzen im August 1730 führte er das Protokoll. Später stieg er zum Kabinettsrat auf.
- Heinrich Gottfried Koch sogar als Dekorationsmaler leistete er Beachtliches5. Durch zwei Dezennien nahm er, zunächst in tragischen, später in komischen Rollen exzellierend, an den Wanderungen der Neuberschen Truppe, an den Erfolgen und Rückschlägen ihrer Theaterreform teil. 1737 vermählte er sich mit einem Mitglied ihrer Gesellschaft, einer Schwägerin des Kupferstechers Bernigeroth, von dem uns Bildnisse Kochs und seiner zweiten Frau bekannt sind".
- 5 Vgl. die Briefe Johann Neubers an Gottsched vom 17. 9. 1730 und vom 21. 7. 1731 (Reden-esbeck, S. 97 u. 102). 1760 und 1761 nach den Gemälden von E. G. Hausmann. Abbildungen u. a. bei Gerhard Wahnrau: Berlin, Stadt der Theater (Berlin 1957), S. 117, und in „Spemanns Goldenem Buch des Theaters" (Stuttgart 1912), S. 113.
- Marriage September 1730 In 1730, Leclair married for the second time. His new wife was the engraver Louise Roussel, who prepared for printing all his works from Opus 2 onward. Named ordinaire de la musique by Louis XV in 1733, Leclair resigned in 1737 after a clash with Guidon over control of the musique du Roy.Leclair was then engaged by the Princess of Orange – a fine harpsichordist and former student of Handel – and from 1738 until 1743, served three months annually at her court in Leeuwarden, working in The Hague as a private maestro di cappella for the remainder of the year. (Marriage of September 1730 acc to "Jean-Philippe Rameau" by Sylvie Bouissou)
- Preview(b Paris, 9 Sept 1700; d c1774). French music engraver. Known first under her maiden name of Louise Roussel, she was the daughter of the engraver and print dealer Claude Roussel, whose business was in the rue Saint-Jacques and who himself engraved several musical works. Her first productions date from 1723 (the Second livre de sonates pour violon by Henry Eccles). In 1728 she engraved jean-marie Leclair's second...
- 27/16 October 1730 Handel to Francis Colman envoye extraordinaire de sa majeste britanique aupres de son altese royal le grand duke de Toscane a Florence (thanking for Senesino’s arrival)
- October 1730 JSBach writes to his classmate Georg Erdmann “it must be nearly four years since your honour favoured me with a kind answer to the letter I send you. Bach had written to Erdmann on July 28, 1726 and although the letter did not survive…”Wolff concludes that Bach kept detailed record of his correspondence and propably other secretary/ies than Elias Bach.
- Hans Hermann von Katte + 6 November 1730)
- Jean Astruc En 1729, Auguste II de Pologne le nomme son premier médecin, mais il revient un an plus tard à Paris, où Louis XV le prend pour médecin consultant.
- 1730 Brutus, préface d’Œdipe 15 performances le 11 novembre 1730 au Thιβtre de la rue des Fossιs Saint-Germain par la Comιdie franηaise.
- Frederick was granted a royal pardon and released from his cell on 18 November, although he remained stripped of his military rank.[14] Instead of returning to Berlin, however, he was forced to remain in Küstrin and began rigorous schooling in statecraft and administration for the War and Estates Departments on 20 November
- Voltaire, l.a.s. à Porée, Charles Date(s) : [novembre 1730] Importance matérielle et support : 2 p. in-4° Langue et écriture des documents : Français, latin Bibliographie : D381, Best 369, Pl 250
- Voltaire, l.a. à Thieriot, Nicolas Claude Date(s) : [20 décembre 1730] Importance matérielle et support : 1 p. in-4° Bibliographie : D389, Pl 257
- Philip Mazzei (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtsei], but sometimes erroneously cited with the name of Philip Mazzie; born December 25, 1730 - March 19, 1816) was an Italian physician. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei acted as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
- Samuel von Cocceji, 1731 Präsident des Ober-Appellationsgerichts.
- Johann Friedrich von Cronegk conceived new year 1730/31 (* 2. September 1731 in Ansbach)
- Voltaire, l.a.s. à Moncrif, François Augustin Paradis de [janvier 1731] Bibliographie : D396, Best 383, Pl 261 Lieu(x) : Paris
Note: Katte was young, ie he couldn't have been an alias of Voltaire. Between Fr.Algarotti (born 1712 in France propably) and C.P.E Bach (born 1714), both residents of Sans Soucci later, the choice is the latter but, as no concrete data exist for either one for the period, their father's data only have been entered above, confirming, among others, our heroe's three or more aliases(Leclair, Eccles, H.G.Koch, Neuber) as well as his links to rue Saint Jacques, Paris (Caussin/Cochin property).
P.S. Warning to readers: At this stage of the narrative,it's premature to draw conclusions concerning "Voltaire & sons" and their relations to Prince Frederic of Prussia. Prior events, such as the coincidental deaths of three, at least, prussian princes, dukes etc during the second half of 1728, while "Montesqieu" was travelling and keeping a diary that was "later found ", are essential if the whole truth and nothing but is a desirable goal. Next post will be addressing re period (July 1728 to August 1730) and will illuminate readers accordingly. Trouble is, yours truly has not decided yet on how to title it properly, "Federico de Muy", "Lasting relationships need strong foundations" or "Nation building on Macchiaveli's principles", already rejected as titles, being gross understatements, needlessly ironic and irresponsible, coming as they are from the horse's(his ggggrandson) mouth. Perhaps "Notitle".
