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EVENTS

'' The Beggar's Opera '' by John Gay is so popular that a deck of playing cards based on the characters is printed.

Antonio Vivaldi and his family arrive in Prague .

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen'' (cantata)

Antonio Caldara - ''La Passione di Gesù Cristo''

Benedetto Marcello - ''Requiem "In the Venetian Manner"''

OPERA

George Frideric Handel - '' Ormisda ''

Leonardo Vinci - ''Artaserse''

BIRTHS

February 23 - Christian Joseph Lidarti

June 14 - Antonio Sacchini

DEATHS

May 27 - Leonardo Vinci

June 19 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet