Beethoven Project Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
03/04/1678	Antonio Vivaldi is born
03/21/1685	Johann Sebastian Bach is born
01/01/1709	The first piano is invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori	I found this fact while researching and thought it was really interesting! NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1711	The tuning fork is invented by John Shore.	Another piece of information I came across and found interesting! NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1712	Lodewijk van Beethoven is born	*NOTE. Exact day is unknown. Year was 1712.
01/01/1740	Johann van Beethoven is born	Beethoven's father. NOTE. Only year applies.
07/28/1741	Antonio Vivaldi is deceased
07/28/1750	Johann Sebastian Bach is deceased
01/01/1767	Marriage of Beethoven's parents	Johann marries Maria Magdalena Keverich. NOTE Only year applies.
12/16/1770	Ludwig van Beethoven is born	No actual record exists in present day, but since he was baptized the next day this is commonly accepted as his birthday.
12/17/1770	Ludwig van Beethoven is baptized	*This is believed to be his birthday as well, but since no records of his birthday exist in the present day, this is commonly accepted.
01/01/1773	Lodewijk van Beethoven is deceased	NOTE Only year applies.
04/08/1774	Caspar Anton Carl is born	Beethoven's brother.
10/02/1776	Nikolaus Johann is born	Beethoven's brother.
03/01/1778	Beethoven's first public performance	NOTE Only month and year apply.
01/01/1779	*NOTE*	It was around this time that Beethoven started studying with Neefe. Neefe was the Court's organist and helped teach Beethoven composition.
01/01/1780	Beethoven becomes Neefe's student.	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1781	Beethoven works for Neefe as assistant organist (unpaid)	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1783	Beethoven's first three piano sonatas are published and dedicated to Maximilian Frederick.	Beethoven is at this point considered an early prodigy by those who heard his work. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1783	Beethoven replaces Neefe at the court.	NOTE Only year applies.
01/12/1783	Portrait of young Beethoven by an unknown artist.	NOTE Only year applies.
03/01/1783	Beethoven finishes his first published composition	NOTE Only month and year apply.
01/01/1784	Beethoven works as Neefe's assistant (paid)	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1784	Beethoven is the principal person making money in the family.	NOTE Only year applies.
03/01/1787	Beethoven travels to Vienna, returns two weeks later to attend mother's funeral	He had high hopes of studying with Mozart. Rumour has it he got to meet and work with him, but nothing is confirmed. After his mom passed away, he had to remain in his hometown for some time to look after family matters and couldn't return back to Vienna for quite some time. Was introduced to many important people in this time frame. NOTE Only month and year apply.
01/01/1789	Beethoven started recieving half his father's salary to help look after the family	He also started playing viola in an orchestra to help raise more money for the family, which is what got him interested in opera. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1789	Beethoven starts University.	Takes classes at the University of Bonn. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1789	Beginning of the French Revolution	Not directly related to Beethoven, but an important marker in history. NOTE Only year applies.
12/01/1790	Beethoven meets Haydn in Bonn	NOTE Only month and year apply.
12/05/1791	One of Beethoven's inspirations, Mozart, is deceased.
11/01/1792	Beethoven moves to Vienna to study with Haydn	NOTE Only month and year applies.
12/18/1792	Johann van Beethoven is deceased,	Beethoven's father passes away. NOTE only year applies
01/01/1793	Beethoven begins to obtain a reputation as an improviser amongs nobility	Often plays his own version of Bach songsm and his works begin to get published. NOTE Only year applies.
03/01/1795	Beethoven's first public performance in Vienna	NOTE Only month and year apply.
01/01/1796	Only at the age of 26, Beethoven began to lose his hearing.	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1796	Beethoven performs in Leipzig	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1796	Smallpox vaccine is invented, possibly saving Beethoven from possible earlier death.	Another important breakthrough in history during his life time. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1798	Beethoven begins composing string quartets.	Between here and 1800 his first six string quartets were composed. They were published in 1801. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1799	The Fourdrinier Machine is created for sheet paper making productions.	This can help make it easier to write and publish music. NOTE Only year applies.
01/12/1799	Beethoven completes Septet op. 9	This was one of his most famous songs in his lifetime! A huge achievement for him. NOTE Year only applies.
03/01/1799	Beethoven starts teaching two daughters of a Hungarian Countess.	Falls in love with one of his pupils, Josephine. NOTE Only month and year apply.
01/01/1800	1st Symphony is completed.	This symphony is what the popular Youtube sensation "Beethoven Virus" is based on. NOTE Only year applies.
04/02/1800	Beethoven's first symphony debuts	NOTE Year only applies.
12/31/1800	Beethoven's demand quickly rising.	By the end of this year, Beethoven's performance and composition were starting to pick up and demand was rather large.
01/01/1801	Beethoven completes Symphony no. 2	NOTE Only year is relevant.
01/01/1801	Beethoven begins tutoring Ferdinand Ries.	Continues this until 1805. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1801	Beethoven Tutored Czerny	He continued tutoring him until 1803. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1801	The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland band together and the United Kingdom is created.	Also not directly affecting Beethoven, but a very important marker in history. NOTE Only year applies.
04/01/1801	Spring 1801, Beethoven completed his ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus.	NOTE Only year and season apply,
01/01/1802	Management of publishing his works taken over by his brother Carl.	Things started to improve for him drastically at this point, and work picked up. Convinced people to pay more money for his compositions, and convinced Beethoven to make arrangements for other instrument combinations of existing songs. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1802	End of Beethoven's "First Period"	From year on, his music takes a huge turn and transitions into the Middle Period or the "Heroic" Period. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1802	Beethoven performs "Moonlight Sonata" for the very first time.	NOTE Only year applies.
04/01/1802	Finished his second symphony in the spring.	NOTE Only season and year apply.
01/01/1803	Beethoven's Second Symphony debuts	NOTE Year applies only.
01/01/1803	Beginning of Beethoven's Middle/Heroic Period	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1803	Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.	Beethoven originally thought highly of Napoleon and thought that maybe he could bring change to Europe, but by this point he had lost his faith in him and believed him to be as selfish as the other communist leaders. NOTE Only year applies.
01/12/1803	Beethoven's portrait painted by Christian Horneman	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1804	As of this year the world officially has 1 billion people.	This shows just how many other composers and people were alive during Beethoven's lifetime, yet he was talented enough to stand out above all the others. NOTE Only year applies.
01/12/1804	Beethoven's portrait painted by Joseph Wilibrod Mahler	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1805	Beethoven has an affair with Josephine von Brunswick	NOTE Only year applies.
04/07/1805	First public performance of Symphony no. 3
11/02/1805	Debut of Beethoven's opera "Fidelio"
01/01/1807	Debut of Beethoven's Symphony no. 4	NOTE Only year applies.
01/13/1808	Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 & Symphony no. 6	NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1810	An improved printing press is invented by Frederick Koenig.	This can also make publishing sheet music much easier. NOTE Year only applies.
01/01/1811	Beethoven's final public performance.	Because of his deteriorating hearing, Beethoven's performance of his Piano Concerto no. 5 "The Emperor" he never worked up the courage to perform again. NOTE Only year applies.
01/01/1812	Czerny gave the debut of Beethoven's fifth piano concerto.	NOTE Only year applies.
01/12/1812	"Immortal Beloved"	NOTE Only year applies.
12/08/1813	Beethoven's Symphony no. 7
01/01/1814	Beethoven's almost completely deaf by this point.	NOTE Only year applies.
02/27/1814	Beethoven's symphony no. 8
01/01/1815	Beginning of Beethoven's Late Period	Music from here on is known as his most personal and expressive work. Although he was having an extremely hard time hearing at this point and his health was also deteriorating, he still worked for a while. NOTE Year only applies.
11/18/1815	Due to his brother's death, Beethoven recieves custody of his nephew.
01/12/1820	Beethoven's portrait painted by Joseph Karl Stieler	NOTE Year only applies.
05/07/1824	Beethoven's Symphony no. 9	At the end of this piece, there is a huge amount of applause. Everyone at this point really appreciates Beethoven, and are amazed at his work. This song is known as one of his most expressive, and though he couldn't hear it himself it is one of the most personal songs he created.
03/26/1827	Ludwig van Beethoven is deceased
03/07/1840	Tchaikovsky is born
11/06/1893	Tchaikovsky is deceased
12/06/1950	Joe Hisaishi is born