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