See also: 1665 in music, other events of 1666, 1667 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1664 in music, other events of 1665, 1666 in music, list of years in music. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

Classical music

Opera

• Carlo Pallavicino - Demetrio

The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...

Births

• date unknown - Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, composer
• date unknown - Jean-Féry Rebel, violinist and composer (died 1747)
• date unknown - David Tecchler, luthier (died 1748)

Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747) was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... David Tecchler (1666 – 1748) was an Austrian luthier, best known for his cellos and double basses. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of...

Deaths

• January 24 - Johann Andreas Herbst, composer and music theorist (died 1588)
• February 24 - Nicholas Lanier, singer, composer and artist (died 1588)
• date unknown - Adam Kreiger, German composer