Vivaldi's birth date was discovered in 1962

Antonio Vivaldi is the famous composer whose life remained long unknown in the absence of a serious biographer before the 20th century. It was only in 1938 that Rodolfo Gallo discovered his death certificate in Vienna, followed in 1962 by the identification of his baptismal certificate by Éric Paul. Previously, the date of 1678 was only a simple estimate.