English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764). William Hogarth was born on 10 November 1697 in what is now the United Kingdom. William Hogarth is remembered as a painter, caricaturist and illustrator, a citizen of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Notable works include “The Graham Children”, “Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête” and “The Shrimp Girl”. Positions held included court painter.
Before and after
- 21 November 1694Birth of Voltaire
- 28 November 1694Death of Matsuo Bashō
- from 13 August 1695 to 15 August 1695Bombardment of Brussels
- 11 July 1696Founding of Academy of Arts, Berlin
- 10 November 1697Birth of William Hogarth
- 1698Founding of London Stock Exchange
- 1699Construction of Drottningholm Palace
- 26 January 1699Treaty of Karlowitz
- from 17th century to 19th centuryAge of Enlightenment
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The era
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