Antonio Vivaldi vs Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
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Compare the life timelines of Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 50 years, from 1686 to 1736.
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
- — Born in Venice Verified
- — Trained in violin by his father Verified
- — Appointed violin master at the Ospedale della Pietà Verified
- — Ordained a Catholic priest Verified
- — Published L'estro armonico, Op. 3 Verified
- — Premiere of his first opera, Ottone in villa Verified
- — Served as maestro di cappella at the court of Mantua Verified
- — Published The Four Seasons within Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8 Verified
- — Moved to Vienna seeking imperial patronage Verified
- — Died in poverty in Vienna Verified
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736)
- — Born in Danzig (Gdansk) Verified
- — Sent to Amsterdam as a merchant's apprentice Verified
- — Orphaned by the sudden death of both parents Verified
- — Travelled Europe studying instrument making Verified
- — Invented the mercury-in-glass thermometer Verified
- — Settled in The Hague as a glassblower and instrument maker Verified
- — Published the Fahrenheit temperature scale and elected to the Royal Society Verified
- — Died in The Hague Verified