Event
Event | 1770 (16/17Dec) | Beethoven born at 515 Bonngasse(no.20 today).Baptised
at St.Regimus church(17
Dec) |
| 1773 (24Dec) | Death of grandfather(Ludwig Van Beethoven) |
| 1777 | Fire ravaged palace at Bonn |
| 1778 (26Mar) | First public concert at Cologne(Sternengasse) |
| 1779 | Musical tuition from Gilles Van den Eeden(piano)
& Tobias Pfeiffer.Violin instruction from
F.G.Rovantini & Franz Ries. Organ - Willibald Koch & Zenser |
| 1781 | Studies regularly with C.G.Neefe(1748-1798) |
| 1782 | Becomes deputy court organist to Neefe./First
published work-9 variations on a march by
Dressler./Beginning of friendship with G.Wegeler & Breuning family |
| 1783 | Violist in court orchestra./3 Sonatas published(dedicated to Elector Maximillian Friedrich) |
| 1784(Feb) | Officially Neefe's assistant.Death of Elector(15Apr)-succeeded
by M.Franz(son of Empress
Maria-Theresa) |
| 1785 | Granted salary of 100 Florins |
| 1787(7-20Apr) | First visit to Vienna.Meeting with Mozart.
/Mother dies(17Jul)-(consumption)./Baby
sister dies(25Nov) |
| 1788/9 | Returns to old posts(organist & viola
in court orchestra)./Death of Emperor Joseph./Meets
Waldstein family |
| 1790(Dec) | Haydn & Salomon arrive in Bonn(en route to London) |
| 1791(Dec 5) | Death of Mozart |
VIENNA(1792-1827) | 1793 | Lessons with Haydn./Beethoven may have visited
Eisenstadt with Haydn./Haydn helps
Beethoven in financial matters./Lessons with Haydn end and Beethoven studies with J.B.Schenk |
| 1794 | Bonn occupied by the French.(Elector flees)./Haydn
visits England again./Beethoven studies
counterpoint with Albrechtsberger & vocal writing with Salieri./Beethoven's brother,Caspar,arrives in Vienna.(He tried at first to emulate Ludwig's success,but later became a banker)./Wegeler arrives from Bonn |
| 1795 | Beethoven's other brother,Johann arrived to study at the university |
| 1796
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Concert tour with Prince Lichnowsky to Prague/Dresden/Berlin./Possible first signs of deafness |
| 1797-9 | Increased friends amongst the
aristocracy(Scharwzenberg,Liechenstein,Moritz,Odescalshi)./Signs of deafness apparent |
| 1800 | Piano contest with D.Steibelt at Count Fries./Lichnowsky grants an annuity of 600 Gulden p.a. |
| 1801 | S.V.Breuning arrives in Vienna./Letters to
Wegeler & Amenda expressing concern over
deafness./Death of Elector Max Franz |
| 1802(Oct) | "Heiligenstadt Testament" - (letter addressed
to his brothers in which Beethoven reveals
his despair over his increasing deafness). |
| 1803 | Archduke Rudolph becomes a friend and pupil./"Eroica" symphony begun at Heiligenstadt. |
| 1804 | Living with S.Breuning(May-Oct),but moves to Molkerbastei after row withBreuning. Beethoven scratches out dedication of "Eroica" symphony to Napoleon. |
| 1805 | Intimate friendship with Josephine von Deym(nee.Brunswick)-cooling
off towards
November./Work on "Fidelio"./French invade Vienna(13-27Nov) |
| 1806 | Caspar Beethoven marries Johanna Reiss;their son Karl is born on 4Sep |
| 1807 | Disagreement with brother,Johann over finance |
| 1808 | Haydn's last public concert(27Mar)./Friendship
with Countess Erdody./Offer to go to Kassel
under Jerome Bonaparte-(600 Ducats p.a).Beethoven accepts but later changes mind due to friends guaranteeing annual income.Razumovsky quartet formed |
| 1809 | Contract-Kinsky/Archduke Rudolph/Lobkowitz:
guaranteeing income of 4000 Florins p.a. for
life./Vienna shelled by French(11/12May)./Haydn dies |
| 1810 | Affair with Therese Von Malfatti./Friendship with Bettina Brentano |
| 1811 | Devaluation of currency(20Feb)causes financial difficulties./Friendship with Amalie Sebald |
| 1812 | Meeting with Goethe at Teplitz(Jul)./Letter
to "Immortal beloved"./Life mask and bust of
Beethoven by Klein./Row with brother at Linz over finances |
| 1813 | Wellington wins battle of Vittoria(21Jun)./
Collaboration with Maezel-"Wellington's victory"
spreads Beethoven's fame and success.(Legal dispute with Maezel over this work later followed) |
| 1814 | Friendship with Schindler./Razumovsky palace
destroyed in fire(3Nov)./"Fidelio"
revised./Financial position improves..Congress of Vienna grants Beethoven 4000 Florins.Succesful concerts and recognition allow Beethoven to purchase 8 bank shares |
| 1815 | Financial matters in connection with contract
settled.(Arrears paid-payments continue until
Beethoven's death)./Caspar Beethoven dies(15Nov)-Beethoven is made co-guardian of Karl along with Karl's mother./Given freedom of the city of Vienna. |
| 1816 | Start of legal proceedings for sole-guardianship
of Karl./Karl sent to boarding school./Invitation
to visit London./Death of Prince Lobkowitz(16Dec) |
| 1817 | Friendship with Nanette Streicher renewed(She helps domestically) |
| 1818 | More legal proceedings over Karl,as he runs
away from school to his mother./London firm of
Broadwood send Beethoven a piano |
| 1819 | "Missa solemnis" begun/Karl under mother's
guardianship;Beethoven still responsible for his
education. |
| 1820 | Legal dispute over Karl finally settled in Beethoven's favour |
| 1822 | Schuppanzigh returns to Vienna./Deepening
of friendship with F.Grillparzer./"Fidelio"
revival./New operatic projects contemplated("Mesuline")./Work on "Choral" symphony & last quartets./Reconcilliation with brother Johann(temporary) |
| 1823 | Karl leaves school./Trouble with eyes./Quarels with Schindler |
| 1824 | Beethoven is sent inscribed gold medal from
Louis XV111./Helps Karl's mother
financially./Serious row with Schindler/Schuppanzigh/ & M.Lichnowsky over the financial disaster of the first performance of the "Choral" symphony./Receives piano from the firm Konrad Graf./Meets Schenk( who he hasn't seen since 1790's) |
| 1825 | Friendship with Karl Holz./Becoming more possesive and neurotic over Karl |
| 1826 | Karl attempts suicide(30Jul):Beethoven devastated./Goes
with Karl to his brother's estate at
Gneixendorf(Aug)./On return to Vienna(1/2Dec) he catches a chill and is confined to bed./Start of final illness-First operation (20Dec) |
| 1827 | Karl joins army(2Jan)./Reconciliation with
Schindler./Has further 4 operations./Visited by
Schubert,Hummel,Zmeskall./Philharmonic society in London send £100./Reconciliation with Dr.Malfatti./Makes will leaving all to Karl./Dies(26Mar-4.45p.m.)28Mar-Autopsy reveals he died of Cirrhosis of the liver accompanied by dropsy.29Mar-20,000 people gather outside the "Schwarzpanierhaus" for the funeral(3.00.p.m).Procession leaves the house at 3.30p.m.Hearse drawn by 4 horses.5.00p.m.-Church service.Taken to the Wahring cemetry,where at the gates the oration was read by Grillparzer |
| 1863(Oct13) | Body exhumed and reburied |
| 1888(Jun21) | Remains removed and placed in Vienna central cemetery |
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