Antonio Vivaldi vs Edmond Halley
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Compare the life timelines of Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) and Edmond Halley (1656–1742) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1678 to 1741.
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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
Edmond Halley (1656–1742)
- — Born in Haggerston, near London Verified
- — Entered The Queen's College, Oxford Verified
- — Voyaged to Saint Helena to chart the southern stars Verified
- — Published Catalogus Stellarum Australium and elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Married Mary Tooke Verified
- — Financed and oversaw the publication of Newton's Principia Verified
- — Appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford Verified
- — Published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets predicting the return of Halley's Comet Verified
- — Appointed Astronomer Royal Verified
- — Died at Greenwich Verified