The following is a chronological statement of the principal events in the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, which was mostly spent in Vienna, and mainly devoted to composition:

1770	Born at Bonn, Prussia, Dec. 16.
1783	First composition, “Variations on a March.”
1785	Appointed Court Organist.
1787	Sent to Vienna by Elector of Cologne to study with Mozart.
1792	Second visit to Vienna to study with Haydn.
1795	Composed three trios in Vienna, marked Opus 1, indicating that he regarded all he had previously produced as of no consequence.
1796	Made an artistic tour in North Germany.
1797	First Symphony.
1798	Deafness began, and continually increased during the remainder of his life.
1802	Second Symphony.
1803	Oratorio of “Mount of Olives” performed in Vienna.
1804	Third Symphony (“Eroica”).
1805	Composed “Fidelio,” his only opera.
1806	Fourth Symphony.
1808	Fifth Symphony.
1808	Sixth Symphony (“Pastoral”).
1812	Seventh Symphony.
1812	Eighth Symphony (“The Little”).
1822	Mass in D.
1823	Ninth Symphony (“Choral”).
1827	Died in Vienna, Dec. 26.

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BARBAROSSA

WILLIAM OF ORANGE

MARIA THERESA

THE MAID OF ORLEANS

FREDERICK THE GREAT

THE LITTLE DAUPHIN

HERMANN AND THUSNELDA

THE SWISS HEROES

EMPEROR WILLIAM I

LOUISE, QUEEN OF PRUSSIA

THE YOUTH OF THE GREAT ELECTOR

ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA AND QUEEN OF HUNGARY

MARIE ANTOINETTE’S YOUTH

THE DUKE OF BRITTANY

MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY

BEETHOVEN

MOZART

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

JOSEPH HAYDN

LEGENDARY

FRITHJOF SAGA

GUDRUN

THE NIBELUNGS

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ARNOLD OF WINKELRIED

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