Antonio Stradivari vs Daniel Defoe
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Compare the life timelines of Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) and Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 71 years, from 1660 to 1731.
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Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737)
- — Born in or near Cremona, Italy Verified
- — Reputedly apprenticed to Nicola Amati
- — Produced his earliest known labelled violin Verified
- — Married Francesca Ferraboschi Verified
- — Acquired the house and workshop at Piazza San Domenico in Cremona Verified
- — Developed the elongated 'Long Pattern' violin design Verified
- — Married his second wife, Antonia Zambelli Verified
- — Golden period of instrument making Verified
- — Died in Cremona Verified
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731)
- — Born in London Verified
- — Educated at a dissenting academy in Newington Green Verified
- — Married Mary Tuffley Verified
- — Established himself as a merchant and went bankrupt Verified
- — Pilloried and imprisoned for The Shortest Way with the Dissenters Verified
- — Founded and wrote the periodical The Review Verified
- — Published Robinson Crusoe Verified
- — Published Moll Flanders and A Journal of the Plague Year Verified
- — Died in London Verified