“Wenn ich mich zu den Fabrik-Arbeiten so mancher meiner Collegen verstehen könnte, sollte es mir nicht schwer fallen mehr zu schreiben, aber ich ergreiffe nicht eher die Feder als bis mich der Genius wirklich dazu treibt.”

1747Joseph Heideloff was born.

1760Heinrich Wilhelm von Zeschau was born.

1768Friedrich Delbrück was born.

1771Johann Joseph Rösler was born.

1790Carl Schütz was born.

1790Charles Gaspard Delestre-Poirson was born.

1791Anna Magdalena Körte was born.

1793Maria Cäcilia Cordula Weber died.

1794Gustav Adolph von Tzschoppe was born.

1795Caroline Auguste Pauli was born.

1797Franz Xaver Vetter was born.

1807Adelheid von Weber died.

1810Carl Maria von Weber writes to Nikolaus Simrock. [View letter]

1810Rafael Apel died.

1812Giacomo Meyerbeer writes to Amalie Beer. [View letter]

1815Work on Quintett für Klarinette, 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello B-Dur. [View diary entry]

1815Johann Gottfried Wohlbrück writes to Ernst Schleiermacher. [View letter]

1816Rehearsal of Faust. [View diary entry]

1816Performance of Joseph. [View diary entry]

1817Carl Maria von Weber writes to Caroline von Weber. [View letter]

1821Georg August von Griesinger writes to Carl August Böttiger. [View letter]

1823Work on Euryanthe, große romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen. [View diary entry]

1823Carl Maria von Weber writes to Carl Friedrich Peters. [View letter]

1824François Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze writes to Thomas Sauvage. [View letter]

1825Carl Maria von Weber writes to Caroline von Weber. [View letter]

1827Bernhard Ambros Ehrlich died.

1828Franz Joseph Gall died.

1836Heinrich Calberla died.

1837Gotthold Leberecht Sachse died.

1849Paul de Valabrègue died.

1850Nikolaus Lenau died.

1858John Pritt Harley died.

1862Claude Debussy was born.

1867Kistner writes to Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns. [View letter]

1871Carl Töpfer died.

1877Hr. Hövelmann writes to Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns. [View letter]

1879Friedrich August Kummer (jun.) died.

1891Livia Frege died.