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9 Arminius defeats Romans
The defeat of three Roman legions in the Teutoberg Forest by Arminius, establishes the Rhine as a natural boundary of the Roman empire

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Politics, Conquest, colonization | War, Battles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_of_the_Roman_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutoburg_Forest
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781 Alcuin takes job at Aachen
Charlemagne, meeting the English scholar Alcuin on a visit to Italy, invites him to become head of the palace school in Aachen

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Society, Culture, education
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela,_daughter_of_Charlemagne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne,_Quebec
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796 Alcuin moves to Tours
Alcuin leaves the palace school at Aachen to become abbot of the monastery of Tours

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, France
  Religion, Christianity | Society, Culture, education
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridugisus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Alcuin_House
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_Ireland
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1250 Tannhäuser among the Minnesinger
Tannhäuser is one of the Minnesinger, the German equivalents of the French troubadours

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Literature, Drama | Performing arts, Theatre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Troubadours
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1397 Germany develops harpsichord
The keyboard of the organ is adapted in Germany to strings, thus providing the harpsichord - first mentioned in a manuscript of this year

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music | Technology, Inventions, discoveries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_harpsichord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Du_Fay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_harpsichord
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1400 Master singers compete in German towns
Guilds of singers and song-writers develop in German towns, calling themselves Meistersinger, or master singers

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meistersinger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_form
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg_discography
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1631 Swedes victorious at Breitenfeld
Gustavus II and the Swedish army win a conclusive victory over the imperial forces at Breitenfeld

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, North Europe, Scandinavia
  War, Battles | War, Wars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_V
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Breitenfeld
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1632 Swedish king dies in cavalry charge
The Swedish army wins another convincing victory at Lützen, but Gustavus II dies leading a cavalry charge

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, North Europe, Scandinavia
  Politics, Dynasties, royalty, popes | War, Battles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_V
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1634 Passion play in Oberammergau
A Passion play is performed for the first time at Oberammergau, in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Theatre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Reformation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberammergau_Passion_Play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberammergau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Reformation_in_Poland
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1704 Marlborough wins at Blenheim
The duke of Marlborough wins a major victory over the French at Blenheim, capturing twenty-four battalions and four regiments

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  War, Battles | War, Wars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_order_of_battle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Marlborough
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1720 Bach's Little Keyboard Book
Johann Sebastian Bach compiles the Little Keyboard Book a set of pieces to teach his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klavierb%C3%BCchlein_f%C3%BCr_Wilhelm_Friedemann_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Friedemann_Bach
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1721 Bach writes Brandenburg Concertos
Johann Sebastian Bach writes the six Brandenburg Concertos for his employer at the court of Köthen

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concertos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concerto_No._5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1721_in_music
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1722 The Well-Tempered Clavier
J.S. Bach publishes The Well-Tempered Clavier, a collection of 24 Preludes and Fugues

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_E_minor,_BWV_855
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
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1727 St Matthew Passion
J.S. Bach conducts the first performance of his St Matthew Passion in the St Thomas's church in Leipzig

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bach_Matth%C3%A4uspassion_%22am_Stamm_des_Kreuzes_geschlachtet%22.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion_structure
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1741 Goldberg Variations
J.S. Bach publishes his set of Goldberg Variations, supposedly written for performance by the young harpsichordist Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

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  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldberg_Variations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottlieb_Goldberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AJohann_Gottlieb_Goldberg
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1744 2nd part of Well-Tempered Clavier
J.S. Bach publishes another set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, as an addition to his previous Well-Tempered Clavier

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach_Institute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
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1749 Mass in B Minor
Shortly before his death (in 1750) J.S. Bach completes his Mass in B Minor, worked on over many years

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  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_in_B_minor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_in_B_minor_structure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach_Institute
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1759 Frederick the Great not invincible
Frederick the Great suffers his first major defeat, by a Russian and Austrian army at Kunersdorf

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kunersdorf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates/Battle_of_Kunersdorf/archive1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Prussia
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1762 England has its own Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son, Johann Christian, moves to London and becomes known as the English Bach

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, Britain
  Performing arts, Music
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Johann_Christian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1762_in_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collected_Works_of_Johann_Christian_Bach
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1774 Storm and stress
Goethe's play Götz von Berlichingen, a definitive work of Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress), has its premiere in Berlin

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Literature, Drama | Performing arts, Theatre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_von_Berlichingen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm_und_Drang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe%27s_Faust
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1782 Schiller sensation
Friedrich von Schiller's youthful and anarchic play The Robbers causes a sensation when performed in Mannheim

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Literature, Drama | Performing arts, Theatre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Toscani
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Robbers_Came_to_Cardamom_Town
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1782 Beethoven's Dressler Variations
12-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven publishes his first composition, Piano Variations on a March by Dressler

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Ludwig_van_Beethoven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_variations_on_a_theme_by_another_composer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Biamonti
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1792 Beethoven to study with Haydn
Beethoven leaves Bonn and goes to Vienna to study composition with Haydn

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, Central Europe, Austria
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_residences_of_Joseph_Haydn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven_and_his_contemporaries
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1794 Goethe and Schiller in Weimar
Goethe and Schiller become friends, and together create the movement known as Weimar classicism

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Literature, Drama | Literature, Fiction | Literature, Poetry | Performing arts, Theatre
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Classicism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe%27s_Faust
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1804 Beethoven disgusted with Napoleon
Beethoven changes the dedication of his third symphony on hearing that his hero, Napoleon, has made himself an emperor

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
Historyworld context
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_French_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III
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1813 Napoleon defeated at Leipzig
The allies inflict a heavy defeat on Napoleon at Leipzig, in the so-called Battle of the Nations

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  War, Battles | War, Wars
Historyworld context
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_French_Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III
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1826 Mendelsohn's first Midsummer Night's Dream
17-year-old Felix Mendelssohn composes an overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, amplifed with huge success eighteen years later

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn%27s_Hawaiian_Serenaders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_%26_Felix_Mendelssohn_Museum
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1829 Mendelssohn revives St Matthew's Passion
After a century of neglect, the 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn conducts an influential revival in Berlin of J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn%27s_Hawaiian_Serenaders
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1829 Mendelssohn visits Hebrides
German composer Felix Mendelssohn visits the Hebrides and see's Fingal's Cave, later the theme of his Hebrides Overture

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, Britain
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingal%27s_Cave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn%27s_Hawaiian_Serenaders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Mendelssohn
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1832 Schumann's Papillons
Robert Schumann's first published composition is Papillons ('Butterflies'), twelve short dance pieces for piano

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solo_piano_compositions_by_Robert_Schumann
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1840 Schumann's Frauenliebe und -Leben
Robert Schumann composes the song cycle Frauenliebe und -Leben ('Woman's Love and Life')

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauen-Liebe_und_Leben
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Robert_Schumann
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1840 Schumann marries Clara
Robert Schumann marries the pianist Clara Wieck, daughter of his first teacher

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schuman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann_Hochschule
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1843 Mendelssohn's final Midsummer Night's Dream
Mendelssohn's overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, amplified now with incidental music, is greeted as a masterpiece at a performance of the play in Potsdam

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn%27s_Hawaiian_Serenaders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Mendelssohn
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1851 Wagner writes anti-semitic tract
Richard Wagner writes an anti-semitic tract, Jewishness in Music

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_and_Drama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Judenthum_in_der_Musik
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_controversies
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1854 Schumann attempts suicide
Robert Schumann throws himself into the Rhine, in an attempt to commit suicide, and spends the last two years of his life in an asylum

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geistervariationen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schuman
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1869 Brahms' German Requiem
Johannes Brahms' German Requiem, setting passages from Luther's translation of the Bible, has its first complete performance in Leipzig

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_German_Requiem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
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1870 Wagner marries Liszt's daughter
Richard Wagner marries Cosima, the daughter of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosima_Wagner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania
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1876 Brahms's first symphony
Johannes Brahms' first symphony has its premiere in Karlsruhe

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brahms,_Symphony_No._1,_first_movement,_bars_225-8.png
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1880 Academic Festival Overture
Johannes Brahms' Academic Festival Overture is performed first at Breslau university, which has conferred on him an honorary Ph.D.

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Festival_Overture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Johannes_Brahms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880_in_music
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1889 Strauss's Don Juan
The tone poem Don Juan, by the 25-year-old Richard Strauss, has a passionately mixed response at its premiere in Weimar

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Strauss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University_abuse_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra
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18th Dec 1894 Paul Dessau born in Hamburg.
Paul Dessau born in Hamburg, Germany. The first child of Sally Dessau and Louise Burchard

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Dessau-Paul.htm
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1910 Mahler's 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Gustav Mahler conducts in Munich the first performance of his Eighth Symphony, subsequently known as the 'Symphony of a Thousand'

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler_Jugendorchester
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_West_Symphony
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahler_Symphony_No._8_discography
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1911 Hoffmansthal's Everyman
Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapts the English medieval morality play Everyman ('Jedermann') for performance in Salzburg

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Theatre | Literature, Drama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedermann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedermann_sein_eigner_Fussball
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_Chandos_Letter
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1911 Das Lied von der Erde
Bruno Walter conducts in Munich the first performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, a few months after the composer's death

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_von_der_Erde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Walter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler_Jugendorchester
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1912 Becomes répétiteur in Hamburg
becomes répétiteur at the City Theatre (Stadttheater) in Hamburg, studies Felix Weingartener

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/view/paul-dessau/
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Weingartner-Felix.htm
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1914 Kapellmeister in Bremen
Second Kapellmeister at the Tivoli Theatre in Bremen

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
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1915 July 30 Flame thrower used in action
The Germans make their first effective use of a new weapon, the flame thrower, in an attack on the British in the second batte of Ypres

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, Benelux
  War, Battles | War, Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooge_in_World_War_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
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1915 Military service
Drafted for military service during WW1

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  War, Wars
  dessau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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1916  May 31 Rival fleets clash off Jutland
The German and British fleets clash off Jutland, in a hard-fought but inconclusive encounter

  Europe, West Europe, Britain | Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  War, Battles | War, Wars
Historyworld context
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_battle_at_Jutland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damage_to_major_ships_at_the_Battle_of_Jutland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_sunk_at_the_Battle_of_Jutland
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1917 Klemperer is music director at Cologne
Otto Klemperer starts a seven-year spell as music director of Cologne opera, and begins to acquire an international reputation

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Klemperer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Opera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Zwerg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Klemperer
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1919 Kapellmeister in Cologne
Kapellmeister at the opera house in Cologne under Otto Klemperer between 1919 and 1923

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Klemperer-Otto.htm
http://www.oper.koeln/de/
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1922 Furtwängler conducts in Berlin
The German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler is appointed to the Berlin Philharmonic, and spends most of the rest of his life with the orchestra

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Philharmonic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Furtw%C3%A4ngler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_Geissmar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Symphoniker
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1923 Hindemith's Das Marienleben
Paul Hindemith sets Rainer Maria Rilke's song-cycle Das Marienleben

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Marienleben
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hindemith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pupils_of_Paul_Hindemith
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1923 Kapellmeister in Mainz
Kapellmeister in Mainz

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
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1925 Principal Kapellmeister at Berlin opera
Principal Kapellmeister at the Städtische Oper Berlin under Bruno Walter

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Walter-Bruno.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Oper_Berlin
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1927 First collaboration between Brecht and Weill
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill write Mahagonny Songspiel for the Baden-Baden music festival

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahagonny-Songspiel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_for_the_stage_by_Kurt_Weill
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1927 Meets Bertolt Brecht
Meets Bertolt Brecht at Baden-Baden festival

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
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1928 Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, opens to great acclaim in Berlin

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Opera | Performing arts, Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_the_Knife
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1930 The Blue Angel
Joseph von Sternberg directs Marlene Dietrich in the film The Blue Angel, shot in both German and English, making her an immediate international star

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Angel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_von_Sternberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Sternberg_House
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1933 Testament of Dr Mabuse
Fritz Lang's film The Testament of Dr Mabuse is banned in Germany because of implicit criticism of Nazi thugs

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Testament_of_Dr._Mabuse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang_filmography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Mabuse
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1933 Schoenberg leaves Germany
Arnold Schoenberg leaves his teaching post in Germany, now under Nazi control, and in 1934 settles in Los Angeles

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg_Choir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pupils_of_Arnold_Schoenberg
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1933 Emigrates to Paris
Emigrates to Paris and composes

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, France
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
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1934 Riefenstahl films Nuremberg rally
German photographer Leni Riefenstahl glorifies Hitler and the Nuremberg rally in her film Triumph of the Will

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Film | Politics, Government, states
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_rallies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Horrible_Life_of_Leni_Riefenstahl
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1934 Korngold goes to Hollywood
Erich Korngold, one of Austria's most admired composers, moves to Hollywood

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Korngold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood
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1935 Weill moves to USA
The German composer Kurt Weill moves to New York, where he writes Broadway musicals

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Kuhhandel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_for_the_stage_by_Kurt_Weill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weil
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1936 Carmina Burana
Carl Orff's cantata Carmina Burana has its premiere in Frankfurt

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orff_Schulwerk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna
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1936 Meets René Leibowitz
Meets René Leibowitz and studies the 12 tone system

  Europe, West Europe, France
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Leibowitz-Rene.htm
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1938 Composes for Brecht play
Composes for Brecht play Fear and Misery in the Third Reich

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, France
  Performing arts, Music | Performing arts, Theatre
  dessau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Misery_of_the_Third_Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jan/11/fear-and-misery-of-the-third-reich-review-brechts-chilling-vision-of-nazism
https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1733/fear-and-misery-in-the-third-reich
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1943 Moves to Hollywood
Moves to Hollywood to work in film industry. Meets Arnold Schoenberg

  North America, USA
  Performing arts, Film | Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg
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1946 Furtwängler acquitted of collaboration
German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler is acquitted of the charge of collaborating with the Nazis

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music | Society, Law, crime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Furtw%C3%A4ngler
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1946 Joins Communist Party
Joins the USA Communist Party

  North America, USA
  Performing arts, Music | Politics, Democracy, dissent
  dessau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA
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1947 Brecht's Galileo
Bertolt Brecht's play The Life of Galileo has its premiere in Los Angeles with Charles Laughton in the lead

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Literature, Drama | Performing arts, Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Galileo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Laughton
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1948 Four Last Songs completed
Richard Strauss completes his Four Last Songs in the year before his death

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Last_Songs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Strauss
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1948 Returns to Germany
Returns to Germany and further collaboration with Brecht

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music | Performing arts, Theatre
  dessau
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1949 Berliner Ensemble
Bertolt Brecht establishes a new theatrical company, the Berliner Ensemble, in East Germany

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Ensemble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater_am_Schiffbauerdamm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Weigel
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1950 Four Last Songs
Kirsten Flagstad sings the posthumous premiere, in London, of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany | Europe, West Europe, Britain
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Last_Songs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Strauss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Flagstad
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1952 Teaches at public drama school Berlin
Teaches at public drama school Berlin after some time becoming Professor

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
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1953 Composes for Brecht
Composes for Brecht Caucasian Chalk Circle

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music | Performing arts, Theatre
  dessau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caucasian_Chalk_Circle
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1956 Stockhausen's Song of the Children
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Song of the Children combines electronic sounds and the human voice

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesang_der_J%C3%BCnglinge
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1957 Stockhausen's Gruppen
German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen uses three separate orchestras to achieve acoustic space in Gruppen

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Compositions_by_Karlheinz_Stockhausen
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1968 Stockhausen's Stimmung
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Stimmung ('Tuning') employs six unaccompanied voices for 75 minutes

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimmung
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AStimmung
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pupils_of_Karlheinz_Stockhausen
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1977 Three Acts of Recognition
German author Botho Strauss's play Three Acts of Recognition wins him an international audience

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Literature, Drama | Performing arts, Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botho_Strauss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bourdieu
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28 June 1979 Paul Dessau dies
Paul Dessau dies aged 84 on the outskirts of Berlin

  Europe, Central Europe, Germany
  Performing arts, Music
  dessau
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/arts/music/paul-dessau-classical-music.html