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Educational institutions established in the 1660s

  • Accademia Filarmonica di BolognaVincenzo Maria Carrati gathered musicians in Bologna during 1666 to form a new association. They chose Saint Anthony of Padua as their patron saint for the…
  • French Academy of SciencesLouis XIV signed the decree establishing the French Academy of Sciences in 1666. Jean-Baptiste Colbert suggested the creation of this learned society to…