1714 312 years ago Notable Births July 2

Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (died 1787)

On July 2, in the year 1714, Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (died 1787). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of July 2, one of 324 recorded events on this date across all of history.

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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court in Vienna. There he brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices for which many intellectuals had been campaigning. With a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian opera seria had enjoyed for much of the century. Gluck introduced more drama by using orchestral recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on July 2, 1714 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 9 June 2026.

On This Date in History 324

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Notable Deaths 2019 Jul 2 Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2018 Jul 2 Alan Longmuir, Scottish musician (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2017 Jul 2 Vladislav Rastorotsky, a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2017 Jul 2 Smith Hart, American-born Canadian professional wrestler (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jul 2 Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (born 1963)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jul 2 Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jul 2 Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jul 2 Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 2 Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 2 Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 2 Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 2 Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 2 Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 2 Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 2 Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 2 Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 2 Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (born 1917)
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Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 2 Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 2 Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 2 Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 2 Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist, academic, and astronaut (born 1933)
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Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 2 Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 2 Julian Goodman, American journalist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 2 Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and academic (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 2 Betty Meggers, American archaeologist and academic (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 2 Ed Stroud, American baseball player (born 1939)
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Notable Deaths 2008 Jul 2 Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (born 1929)
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