16831684
Rameau and his work
birth in Dijon of Jean-Philippe Rameau, the seventh child of Claude Demartinécourt and Jean Rameau, at his parents' home in cour Saint-Vincent, near the cloisters of the collegiate church of St Étienne, where his father is organist. Baptised in that church at 4 p.m. the same day
Rameau and his period
The royal court moves to Versailles; first entertainments in the royal apartments.
Death of Queen Marie-Thérèse.
Beginning of the War of the Reunions (1683–1684).
Lalande, Colasse, Minoret and Goupillet appointed sous-maîtres of the Chapelle royale, replacing Du Mont and Robert.
Première of Lully's Phaéton in the temporary theatre known as the Théâtre du Manège, created in the riding-school of the Grande Écurie. Same work later presented at the Académie royale de musique.