Ludwig van Beethoven

Catholic baptism service at the Parish of St. Regius

Dec 17, 1770

There is no record of Beethovens birth but he was baptized on this date and people celebrated his birthday on 16 December

Work Publication

Jan 1, 1782

Publication of first work in Beethoven life known as the Dressler Variations

1789-1792

Jan 1, 1792

Played for four seasons as violinist at the Opera of Bonn
Numerous Beethoven compositions

Deafness

Jan 1, 1797

Probably the year of a serious illness, which triggered his deafness

beethoven passes away

Mar 26, 1827

March 26th: Ludwig van Beethoven dies, probably at 5:45 pm.
March 29th: Funeral after Beethoven death.

First Performance

Mar 1, 1978

Beethovens first perfornace at the age of seven though his parents lied about him being 6