“Der Künstler ist einmal zum Märtirer des geselligen Lebens erkohren, und wohl dem der seine Bestimmung erfüllt.”

1606Pierre Corneille was born.

1740Louis Sébastien Mercier was born.

1772Maria Theresia, Kaiserin von Österreich was born.

1782Henriette Bertuch was born.

1790John Benjamin Heath was born.

1809Franz Carl Hiemer writes to Carl Maria von Weber. [View letter]

1811Carl Maria von Weber writes to Gottfried Weber. [View letter]

1811Carl Maria von Weber writes to Nikolaus Simrock. [View letter]

1816Carl Maria von Weber writes to Caroline von Weber. [View letter]

1825Carl Maria von Weber writes to Hans Georg Nägeli. [View letter]

1825Carl Maria von Weber writes to Friedrich, Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg. [View letter]

1825Carl Maria von Weber writes to Justus Amadeus Lecerf. [View letter]

1826Friedrich Hellwig writes to Friedrich Kind. [View letter]

1826Anton Bernhard Fürstenau writes to Gottlob Roth. [View letter]

1826Anton Bernhard Fürstenau writes to Karl Theodor Winkler. [View letter]

1836Anton, König von Sachsen died.

1840Moritz Alleaumes died.

1840Claus Friedrich von Reden died.

1842Ferdinand Hartmann died.

1852Franz Hoffmann died.

1857Katharina Tomaselli died.

1858Ferdinand Oesterley died.

1881Henri Vieuxtemps died.

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

1908Adolph Fürstner died.