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Beethoven was born to parents Maria Magdalena Beethoven and Johann Beethoven
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Beethoven is christened in the church of st. Remigus
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Starts playing music, with his father as his teacher.
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First public performance at age 8
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first publication
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While he was in Vienna, Beethoven received a message from his father telling him his mother was very ill. She died at age 40.
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Hadyn comes to Bonn
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Growing tired of Bonn, Beethoven moves to Vienna.
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Beethoven played several performances for several different people in Vienna. This one was his first.
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Beethoven starts to get deaf, which makes composing music harder.
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This was Beethoven's first and only opera. At first it was a failure because of its length, but it was later sucessfully revised.
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Beethoven's 5th Symphony first performed
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Totally deaf, Beethoven conducted his Ninth Symphony and Solemn Mass.
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Beethoven loved his adopted nephew, Karl, but Karl did not enjoy his uncle's care, and would often disobey him by playing cards. One day, Karl bought a pistol, went up a hill and attempted to shoot himself. His mother suggested sending him to the army, where he lived until 1858.
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Beethoven died after a long illness including pneumonia.
