“du wirst einsehen lernen daß jeder Mensch der Schöpfer seines eigenen Glükes ist, und meistens ungerechter Weise das Schiksal anklagt.”

1756Johann Gottfried Schade was born.

1763Jakob Philipp Leerse was baptised.

1769August Ferdinand Bernhardi was born.

1770Heinrich Anton Hoffmann was born.

1773Katharina Henriette von Harnier was born.

1773Albert Schreuel was born.

1776Maria Eva Weber died.

1779Leopold von Arand was born.

1783Cäsar Max Heigel was born.

1786Charlotte Weber was born.

1789Friedrich O'Byrn was born.

1791Josephine Schulze was born.

1795Friedrich Genée was born.

1798Marie Christine, Herzogin von Sachsen-Teschen died.

1801George Adolphus Griesbach was born.

1811Work on Trauer-Musik Hörst du der Klage dumpfen Schall. [View diary entry]

1813Johann Gänsbacher writes to Gottfried Weber. [View letter]

1814Gustav Adolf von Klöden was born.

1814Mathilde Amalie Frederike Klöden was born.

1817Rehearsal of Vater-Unser. [View diary entry]

1817Performance of Das Waisenhaus. [View diary entry]

1818Großherzog von Sachsen-Weimar Carl Alexander was born.

1818Aleksandr Borissowitsch Kurakin died.

1820Rehearsal of Cendrillon. [View diary entry]

1822Performance of Der Freischütz, romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen. [View diary entry]

1822Carl Maria von Weber writes to George Eichhorn. [View letter]

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

1824Carl Maria von Weber writes to Hinrich Lichtenstein. [View letter]

1824Carl Maria von Weber writes to Carl Graf von Brühl. [View letter]

1825Christian Friedrich Georgi died.

1840Louis Brassin was born.

1845Ernestine Durand died.

1847Thomas Field Savory died.

1849William Smyth died.

1849Alexander Macco died.

1852Oscar Huffschmid was born.

1853Peters writes to Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda. [View letter]

1853Christian Ludwig August von Vellnagel died.

1854Christian Ernst August Gröbel died.

1855Josef Sedlnitzky Odrowąż von Choltitz died.

1855Johann Gottfried Flügel died.

1857Jenny von Weber was born.

1860Jérôme, König von Westphalen died.

1860Marie-Théodore Comte de Rumigny died.

1866Wilhelm Ferdinand Ermeler died.

1868Gustav Kunze died.

1870Caroline Pruckner writes to Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns. [View letter]

1870Wilhelmine Schulz died.

1871Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns writes to Georg Goltermann. [View letter]

1882Wilhelm Pötzsch writes to Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns. [View letter]

1902Cyrille Rose died.

1923Alfred Thienemann died.