January 4, 1710:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is born in Iesi, in the Papal States.
March 16, 1736:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi dies of tuberculosis in Pezzuoli, Kingdom of Naples under Spanish rule, aged 26 years, two months, and 12 days.
November 25, 1752:
During the Querelle des Bouffons, the intermezzo La Serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (†16) to words of Federico, is performed in the Salle de la Comédie, Versailles.
May 1, 1753:
During the Querelle des Bouffons, the intermezzo Tracollo, medico ignorante by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (†16) to words of Mariani, is performed in Paris by the opera company of Eustachio Bambini.