German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840). Caspar David Friedrich was born on 5 September 1774 in what is now Germany. Caspar David Friedrich is remembered as a painter, sculptor and architectural drafter, a citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia and Sweden. Notable works include “The Sea of Ice”, “Two men contemplating the Moon” and “The Monk by the Sea”.
Before and after
- 1774Discovery of chlorine
- 1774Discovery of manganese
- 21 July 1774Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
- 1 August 1774Priestley isolates oxygen
- 5 September 1774Birth of Caspar David Friedrich
- 20 January 1775Birth of André-Marie Ampère
- from 19 April 1775 to 3 September 1783American Revolutionary War
- 19 April 1775Battles of Lexington and Concord
- from 19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776Siege of Boston
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- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
The era
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