Francisco Goya was born on 30 March 1746 in Fuendetodos. A Spanish painter and printmaker, Goya rose from a provincial background in Aragon to become first court painter to the Spanish crown, and he produced portraits of the royal family and the aristocracy. After a serious illness in 1792 and 1793 he lost his hearing, and his work took a darker and more critical tone, as in the etching series Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War, which show the horrors of the French occupation of Spain. His painting The Third of May 1808 is a powerful image of execution by firing squad. His late Black Paintings were made on the walls of his house, and he died in exile in Bordeaux.
Before and after
- October 1745Publication of God Save the King
- 15 December 1745Battle of Kesselsdorf
- 1746Founding of Princeton University
- from 29 January 1746 to 22 February 1746Siege of Brussels
- 30 March 1746Birth of Francisco Goya
- 27 April 1746Battle of Culloden
- 1747Construction of Sanssouci Palace
- from 1747 to 1826Durrani Empire
- 1748Construction of Suomenlinna
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