See also: 1698 in music, other events of 1699, 1700 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... See also: 1699 in music, other events of 1700, 1701 in music and the list of years in music. Events William Croft returns to the Chapel Royal, where he had been educated, as a gentleman organist. William Corbett becomes director of the New Theatre at Lincolns Inn Fields. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• John Blow is appointed composer to the Chapel Royal.
• Antonio Caldara settles in Mantua.
• Domenico Scarlatti arrives at the court of exiled Polish queen, Maria Casimira, in Rome.

John Blow (1649 - October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist. ... Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. ... Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. ...

Published popular music

Classical music

• Trio Sonata, op. 2 - Antonio Caldara
• Ode for St Cecilia's Day - Daniel Purcell

Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. ...

Opera

• Johann Mattheson - Die Plejades

Johann Mattheson (September 28, 1681 – April 17, 1764) was a German composer, writer, lexicographer, and music theorist. ...

Births

• March 25 - Johann Adolph Hasse, composer

March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Johann Adolph Hasse. ...

Deaths

• date unknown - Giovanni Francesco Grossi, singer, murdered by a jealous husband