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# **EPIDEMIC TYPHUS: THE GREAT DISEASE OF THE BAROQUE (1600–1750)** *Why it eclipsed even plague in shaping society, war, culture, and the emotional world of Baroque Europe* **NOTE: Typhus, not to be confused with…

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻’𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗛𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 was born on 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟯𝟭, 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟮, in 𝗥𝗼𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘂, a village in Lower…

# **Joseph Haydn: Born into Humble Origins** **Joseph Haydn** was born on **31 March 1732** in the small village of **Rohrau**, near the Hungarian border of Lower Austria. His beginnings were strikingly modest, especially…