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Equipped with a letter of Maria Theresa, pulls Bernardo Bellotto, called Canaletto, in January from Vienna to Munich, where he meets the Saxon Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony, who. At his brother- elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria, has sought refuge. Presumably, the successor couple leaves two views of Castle Nymphenburg paint that gives it later the Elector. Another picture shows a panorama of Munich. End of the year Bellotto then returns to war-torn Dresden.
Adam Friedrich Oeser: Monument " Von Kleist I was loved "
Born
- JANUARY 24: Johann Christian Reinhart, German painter, draftsman and etcher († 1847)
- June 7: John Rennie, Scottish civil engineer († 1821)
- June 8: Niels Heidenreich, Danish watchmaker and thief of gold horns († 1844)
- July 5th: Louis -Léopold Boilly, French painter and lithographer († 1845)
- September 6: Marie -Gabrielle Capet, French painter († 1818)
- OCTOBER 21: Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d' Albe, French Militärtopograph and landscape painter († 1824)
- 1 December: Marie Tussaud, French Wachsbildnerin and founder of Madame Tussauds in London ( † 1850)