Romantic

By Laynie Lenz
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    Romantic era

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

  • Napoleon launches an invasion of Russia.

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    The War of 1812

  • E.T.A. Hoffmann calls Beethoven a "genius".

  • Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Leipzig

  • The Philharmonic Society is founded in London.

  • Europe is reorganized after agreements are reached at the Congress of Vienna.

  • Franz Schubert composes "Erlkönig" (the elven king).

  • Spa Fields riots in London.

  • The ophicleide-a keyed brass instrument similar in range to a trombone-is invented.

    it is later patented in 1821

  • Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is published.

  • The Carlsbad Decrees of 1819.

    Severe limits on freedom of expression.

  • Lord Byron publishes "Don Juan"

  • Antarctica is discovered.

  • Premiere of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

  • Felix Mendelssohn writes the overture to Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

  • Franz Schubert dies.

  • Hector Berlioz publishes a three-part Beethoven biography.

  • First Railroad.

  • Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" premieres.

  • Berlioz begins to write detailed studies of Beethoven's symphonies.

  • Chopin's Mazurka in B flat minor is composed

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    Texas Revolution

    Ends in Texas gaining independence from Mexico.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's character piece "Notturno in G minor" is finished.

  • Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann are married.

  • Clara Schumann's soprano song "Er ist gekommen" is performed for the first time.

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    Mexican-American War

  • Emily Brontë publishes "Wuthering Heights"

  • Charlotte Brontë publishes "Jane Eyre"

  • Nationalist uprising-Revolutions of 1848.

  • "The Communist Manifesto" is published.

  • Seneca Falls convention

    The first women's rights convention in the United States.
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    The California Gold Rush.

  • Frédéric Chopin dies.

  • Classicism and Romanticism are seen as distinct historical periods or definable artistic styles.

  • Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres.

  • Robert Schumann completes the revised version of his "Symphony No. 4 in D minor".

  • The oldest sorority in the United States, Alpha Delta Pi, is founded.

  • Johannes Brahms, aged 20, travels to meet the Schumanns.

  • Robert Schumann dies

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    The Suez Canal is constructed.

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    The American Civil War.

  • Victor Hugo publishes Les Miserables.

  • Premiere of Berlioz's "Les Troyens" (the Trojans).

  • Slavery is abolished in America.

  • Gregor Mandel forms his laws of inheritance.

  • Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" premieres.

  • The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.

  • Brahms's Lullaby is written.

  • The first typewriter is patented.

  • Germany is unified.

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    The Belle Époque (the beautiful epoch) in Europe

    This is an era of optimism.

  • The first international soccer match is played.

  • The first national park, Yellowstone National Park, is created.

  • "Má Vlast" (my country) is composed.

  • "The Moldau" is composed

  • Edvard Grieg writes the incidental music to "Peer Gynt", a play by Henrik Ibsen.

  • Georges Bizet's highly acclaimed opera "Carmen" premieres.

  • The phonograph is invented.

  • Thomas Edison patents an incandescent light bulb

  • Johannes Brahms's "Symphony No. 3 in F Major" is completed.

    It is a traditional 4-movement symphony.

  • The first vaccine for rabies is invented.

  • Coca-Cola is developed.

  • Gabriel Faure's "Reqiuem" is performed for the first time.

  • Aspirin is patented.

  • The opera "Loreley" is premiered.