Edward Gibbon (In Our Time)
1776 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of one of the great historians, best known for his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (published 1776-89). According to Gibbon (1737-94) , the idea for this work came to him on 15th of October 1764 as he sat musing amidst the ruins of Rome, while barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1776
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- American Revolution (1765)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Greek War of Independence (1821)