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| | February 24th |
 | | Died: Richard de la Pole, Francis Duke of Lorraine, and General de la Tremouille, killed at Pavia, 1525; Francis Duke of Guise, assassinated, 1563: James Earl of Derwentwater, beheaded, 1716: Joseph (of Portugal), 1777; Charles Buonaparte, 1785; Hon. |
 | | Next he became chapel-master to the Duke of Naiades, at Canons, and there he produced most of his concertos, sonatas, lessons, and organ fugues: besides his Aces and Galatea, for which Gay wrote the poetry. |
 | | Then he carried out the conversion of the Italian Theatre into an Academy of Music: he was engaged as manager, and produced fifteen new operas: but the Italians virulently opposed 'the German intruder:' the cabal became insupportable, and the great composer and able manager retired with a loss of £10,000 and broken health. |
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