Classical Era (1730s-1810s) By kkmoore220 1714 Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach born 1714 Christoph Willibald Gluck born Period: 1730 to 1810 Classical Era 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn born 1744 Marianna Martines born 1745 Luigi Boccherini born 1745 Joseph Boulogne born 1755 Dictionary published 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born Period: 1756 to 1763 Seven Years War 1759 Haydn's Symphony no. 1 1762 Mozart tours Europe at age 6 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven born 1770 Boston Massacre Period: 1775 to 1776 American Revolution 1783 Beethoven releases first printed works 1784 Bifocal Lenses invented 1787 Christoph Willibald Gluck died 1788 Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach died 1789 Lithography invented Period: 1789 to 1799 French Revolution 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died 1792 Gioachino Rossini born 1793 Marie Antoinette executed 1795 Metric System invented 1797 Franz Schubert born 1799 Joseph Boulogne died 1800 Electric Battery invented 1800 Domestic Gas Lighting invented 1805 Luigi Boccherini died 1808 Beethoven's Symphonies no. 5 and 6 1809 Franz Joseph Haydn died 1812 Marianna Martines died 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven died 1828 Franz Schubert died 1868 Gioachino Rossini died