Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 3 March:   NICOLAS SIRET = French organist, harpsichordist and composer = [died: 1754]
• 7 March:   TOMASO ANTONIO VITALI = Italian violinist and composer = [died: 1745]
• 16 March:   JEAN-BAPTISTE MATHO = French composer = [died: 1743]
• 1 July:   FRANZ XAVER MURSCHHAUSER = German composer and music theorist = [died: 1738]
• 25 September:   JOHANN NIKOLAUS HANFF = German composer = [died: 1711]
• 14 November:   FRIEDRICH WILHELM ZACHAU = German composer, teacher of Handel = [died: 1712]
• 30 November:   ANDREA ADAMI DA BOLSENA = Italian papal choirmaster = [died: 1742]


• date unknown:
• JOHANN JOSEPH VILSMAYR = Austrian violinist and composer = [died: 1722]

Timeline of Events

• 10 January: The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter.
• February: Parliament pressures King Charles into withdrawing a proposed Declaration of Indulgence.
• 24 March: The colony of Province of Carolina is established in North America.
• 27 March: The gold guinea coin worth one pound sterling (introduced 6 February) is proclaimed legal tender.
• 7 May: Opening of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.
• 8 July: King Charles grants a Royal Charter to the North American Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
• 27 July: Parliament passes the second Navigation Act, requiring all goods bound for the American colonies to be sent in English ships from English ports.
• 21 August: Concerned about the wintry weather, Parliament holds an intercessary fast.
• 28 August: Severe frost.
• 31 August: Gilbert Sheldon enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• October: the Farnley Wood Plot to overthrow the monarchy.


• Also in 1663:
• Roger L'Estrange appointed Surveyor of the Imprimery and Printing Presses and licenser of the press.

Opera

• KASPAR FÖRSTER
• Der lobwürdige Cadmus