Music in the Regency Period

Mozart completes his Symphony No. 39 in E-flat

Jun 26, 1788

Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

Jul 28, 1788

Mozart completes his last symphony: The Jupiter Symphony

Aug 10, 1788

Joseph Haydn completes String Quartets, Op. 64

Jan 1, 1790

Morzart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna

Jan 26, 1790

Mozart's Concerto for Pianoforte & Orchestra in D major premieres at the coronation of Leopold II

Oct 9, 1790

Haydn's Symphony No. 93 in D MInor and No. 96 in D Major premiere

Mar 3, 1791

Mozart's "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna

Sep 30, 1791

Mozart dies at age 35

Dec 5, 1791

Haydn completes his String Quartets, Opp. 71 & 74 in F Minor

Apr 3, 1793

Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 in B flat Major is performed in Vienna

Mar 3, 1795

Haydn completes the last of his 12 London Symphonies

Jun 5, 1795

Haydn completes "Missa in tempore Belli"

Apr 3, 1796

Mass in Time of War

Beethoven completes 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 in F minor, A, & C

Nov 6, 1796

Beethoven completes Piano Sonata, Op. 7 in E-flat

Jun 11, 1797

Haydn composes the music to Gott Erhalt Franz den Kaiser

Sep 14, 1797

The tune of the German national anthem

Haydn's Mass in D Minor premieres

Sep 30, 1798

Premieres at the court of Prince Nicolaus II Esterhazy of Hungary. He had written the work without knowlege of Nelson's victor at the Nile, but people soon nicknamed the piece the Nelson Missa

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major premieres in Vienna

Apr 2, 1800

Beethoven completes the Moonlight Sonata

Jul 9, 1801

Haydn completes his oratorio, the Seasons

Dec 1, 1801

the Eroica

Dec 16, 1804

Beethoven angrily renames his Third Symphony from the Napoleon to the Eroica after Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France

Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, premieres in Vienna

Apr 7, 1805

Beethoven's opera Fidelio premieres in Vienna

Nov 27, 1805

Beethoven completes his Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 4, Violin Concerto, and 3 String Quartets, Op 59

Jul 17, 1806

Beethoven premieres his Fourth Symphony in Vienna

Mar 12, 1807

Beethoven composes Fur Elise (Bagatelle in A minor)

Apr 27, 1810

George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, becomes Regent

Aug 16, 1810

Start of the formal Regency Period

Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 in E-flat minor for Pianoforte and Orchestra premieres in Leipzig

Nov 23, 1811

Beethoven completes Symphony No. 8 and 9

May 14, 1812

Philharmonic Society of London is founded

Jan 24, 1813

Founded to "promote the performance, in the most perfect manner of the best and most approved instrumental music".

Pride and Prejudice is published

Jan 28, 1813

The Philharmonic Society of London presents its first performance.

Mar 5, 1813

Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 7 in A Major.

Dec 3, 1813

Performs at a charity event for wounded soldiers.

Johann Nepomuk Malzel invents the metronome.

Jan 22, 1814

Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major premieres in Vienna

Feb 27, 1814

Beethoven's opera Fidelio premieres in Vienna

May 23, 1814

Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein

Jan 1, 1816

Beethoven composes String Quintet (Opus 104)

Aug 7, 1817

Princess Charlotte, daughter of George VI, dies in childbirth.

Nov 6, 1817

Schubert composes Symphony No. 6

Feb 2, 1818

Silent Night is composed by Franz Xaver Gruber & Josef Mohr

Dec 24, 1818

Peterloo Massacre occurs.

Aug 16, 1819

Calvary charges a crowd of 60-80 thousand citizens gathered to demand the reform of Parliament. Resulted in 15 deaths and 400-700 injuries.

George III dies. Prince Regent George IV becomes king.

Jan 29, 1820