By the time this manuscript was written in the late eighteenth century, the inclusion of fireworks at celebrations across Europe had been well-established for centuries. In 1749, England had witnessed the largest fireworks display in that country up to that time at Green Park in London, given in celebration of the end of the War of Austrian Succession. The show was staged by a group of notable Italian pyrotechnists and included music composed for the occasion by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). However, the event attracted vocal criticism for the expense incurred to put on the show, and such large courtly firework productions lost favor for a time. Commercial firework displays, alternatively, rose in popularity among audiences across the social spectrum, particularly as evening entertainment offered at London's pleasure gardens such as Vauxhall, Ranelagh, and Marylebone.