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Birth of Joseph Haydn
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Music Events
Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn composes his first string quartet -
Birth of Mozart
January 27,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
born, Salzburg, Austria -
World Events
French and Indian war begins between Britain and France. -
Music Events
Violinschule, a book written by Leopold Mozart on playing the violin, is published -
World Event
Halley's comet returns exactly at the time Edmond Halley had predicted before his death -
]Music Events
First English manual on guitar playing published -
World Events
George III becomes king of Great Britain -
Mozart's LIfe
6-year-old Mozart plays for the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa -
Music Events
Orpheus and Eurydice,an opera by Gluck,is performed -
World Events
A treaty signed in Paris ends the Seven Years' War between Britain, France and Spain -
Mozart's Life
Wolfgang composes his first symphony at the age of eight -
Mozart's Life
Premiere of Mozart's first opera at the age of twelve
in Vienna, Bastien und Bastienne -
World Events
Boston Massacre -
World Events
Captain Cook discovered Australia -
Mozart's Life
unhappily employed for 10 years in the house hold of the Archbishop of Salzburg after Pope Clement orders him to -
Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven
A German composer born in Bonn -
Music Events
Germany Pygmalion, an opera by J.J. Rousseau, is performed -
Mozart's Life
Mozart's Mitridate, R di Ponto
is a great success in Milan. -
World Events
The first volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica
is published -
World Event
Boston Tea Party -
Musical Events
The waltz becomes
fashionable in Vienna -
World Events
Coercive acts -
Mozart's Life
La Finta Giardiniera is a popular success in Munich -
World Event
United States issues Declaration of Independence -
Music Events
Bolshoi Ballet is founded in Moscow -
Music Events
La Scala, a famous opera house, opens in Milan -
World Events
The world's first iron bridge is assembled in a few months across the Severn at Coalbrookdale -
Mozart's Life
Idomeneo premiers in Munich -
Mozart's Life
Mozart marries Constanze Weber following success of The Abduction From The Seraglio, Vienna -
Mozart's Life
Mozart composes the Mass in C minor -
Mozart's Life
His first child Raimund Leopold was born but unfortunately he died only two months later -
Mozart's Life
Karl Thomas Mozart was born -
Mozart's Life
Mozart and his friends perform for Haydn the Mozart quartets inspired by Haydn's 'Russian' quartets (op.33) -
Mozart's LIfe
The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna, and is very successful in Prague the following year -
Mozart's Life
His third child Johann Thomas Leopold was born however he too died shortly after. -
Mozart's Life
Leopold Mozart dies and Don Giovanni triumphs in Prague -
Mozart's Life
His forth child Theresia Constanzia Adelheid Friedericke Maria Anna was born but she passed away the following year -
World Events
The First Fleet (eleven ships carrying about 750 convicts) leaves Portsmouth for Australia -
Mozart's Life
His fifth child Anna Maria was born however she died on the same day -
Mozart's Life
Cosi Fan Tutte premieres in Vienna without success -
World Event
A second fleet arrives in Sydney, bringing more convicts and a regiment, the New South Wales Corps, to keep order -
Mozart's Life
His last child Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart was born -
Mozart's Life
The Magic Flute opens in Vienna -
Death of Mozart
Mozart dies on the 5th of December at an age of 35 -
World Events
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states -
Music Events
Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony No. 94 in G premieres -
Death of Joseph Haydn
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Death of Ludwig van Beethoven