See also: 1659 in music, other events of 1660, 1661 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1658 in music, other events of 1659, 1660 in music, list of years in music. ... // Events January 1 - Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. ... See also: 1660 in music, other events of 1661, 1662 in music, list of years in music. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at Helsingor in Denmark.

The only surviving portrait of Buxtehude, from a 1674 painting by Johannes Voorhout. ... Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) is a Danish city at the north-east point of Zealand. ...

Classical music

Opera

• Antonio Bertali - La magia delusa

The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Antonio Bertali (March, 1605 – April 17, 1669) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. ...

Births

• May 2 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1725)
• December 4 - André Campra, French composer (died 1744)
• date unknown
  • Johann Fux, composer (died 1741)
  • Johann Kuhnau, organist and composer (died 1722)

May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... December 4th redirects here. ... André Campra (Aix-en-Provence, December 4, 1660 – June 29, 1744 in Versailles) was a French composer and conductor. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... Johann Joseph Fux Johann Joseph Fux (German fyːks) (1660 – February 13, 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. ... Johann Kuhnau, (born 1660) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist. ...

Deaths