| 1600: Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo, age 52 |
| 1602: Caccini: Euridice, age 51 |
| 1602: Sweelinck: Fantasia Cromatica in D minor, age 40 (guessing) |
| 1603: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium Defunctorum, age 55 |
| 1605: Johannes Kepler explains that the sun does not revolve around the earth |
| 1606: Agazzari: Eumelio, age 28 |
| 1608: Melchior Franck: Geistliche Gesäng und Melodeyen, age |
| 1608: Monteverdi : Il Lamento di Arianna, age 41 |
| 1608: Telescope: Patent applied for by Hans Lippershey. |
| 1610: Monteverdi: Magnificat from Vespro della Beata Vergine, age 43 |
| 1611: Gesualdo: Se la mia Morte Brami, age 45 |
| 1611: Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsoria, age 45 |
| 1611: Gesualdo: X. Io pur respiro in cosi gran dolore, age 45 |
| 1615: Grandi: Plorabo die ac nocte, a motet for four voices, age 25 |
| 1617: Monteverdi: Orfeo Tocatta, age 50 |
| 1618: Thirty Years’ War |
| 1625: Grandi: Celesti Fiori & Motetti, age 35 (Guessing) |
| 1625: Grandi: O quam tu pulchra es, age 35 |
| 1629: Great Bubonic Plague in Italy |
| 1630: Grandi: Venetian Christmas Vespers, age 40 |
| 1630: Slide rule: invented by William Oughtred |
| 1631: Monteverdi – Mass of Thanksgiving,age 74 |
| 1642: Brebeuf: Huron Carol, Canadas Oldest Christmas Carol, age 49 |
| 1642: Mechanical calculator. The Pascaline is built by Blaise Pascal |
| 1643: Barometer: invented by Evangelista Torricelli |
| 1643: Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea, age 76 |
| 1650: Heinrich Schütz, Symphoniae Sacrae III, part 3, age 65 |
| 1650: Vacuum pump: Invented by Otto von Guericke. |
| 1656: Froberger: Strasbourg Manuscript 14 Suites for Harpsichord, age 40 (guessing) |
| 1656: Louis Couperin: Prélude à l’imitation de Mr. Froberger, age 30 (guessing) |
| 1656: Pendulum clock: Invented by Christiaan Huygens. |
| 1657: Schütz: 12 Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 13, age 72 |
| 1658: Oliver Cromwell dies: Puritan government in England collapses. |
| 1662: Lully, Les Folies d’Espagne, age 40 (guessing) |
| 1665: London Great Plague |
| 1666: Buxtehude: Alles was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken, age 29 |
| 1666: Buxtehude: Benedicam Dominum, age 29 |
| 1666: Heinrich Schütz – Matthäus-Passion, age 81 |
| 1672: Buxtehude: Auf stimmet die Saiten, age 35, Wiki |
| 1674: Buxtehude: Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfahrt, age 37, Wiki |
| 1680: Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, age 43, Wiki |
| 1680: Christiaan Huygens, the first known description of a piston engine. |
| 1680: Pachebel: Cannon, age 27 |
| 1687: Buxtehude Organ Works, age 50 (guessing) |
| 1688: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, age 29 |
| 1691: Purcell: King Arthur, age 32 |
| 1692: Purcell: The Fairy-Queen, age 33 |
| 1695: Purcell: Abdelazer, The Moor’s Revenge, age 36 |
| 1701: Georg Böhm: Prelude and Fugue in C-dur, age 40 (guessing) |
| 1704: Massacre of English colonists by French and Indians |
| 1707: Bach: First cantata, Aus den Tiefen, BWV 4 |
| 1708: Bach: Gott ist mein König (God is my King), BWV 71 |
| 1709: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, the alcohol thermometer. |
| 1712: Thomas Newcomen, builds the first commercial steam engine |
| 1713: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, age 28 |
| 1713: Bach: Dorian Toccata and Fugue in D minor, age 28 |
| 1714: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, age 29 |
| 1714: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, age 29 |
| 1715: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, age 30 |
| 1719: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, age 34 |
| 1721: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major, age 36 |
| 1723: Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, age 38 |
| 1723: Vivaldi: Gloria, age 45 |
| 1723: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, age 45 |
| 1724: Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, age 39 |
| 1726: Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, age 41 |
| 1728: Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, age 43 |
| 1729: Bach: St. Matthew Passion., age 44 |
| 1729: Isaac Newton’s Principia translated from Latin into English. |
| 1730: Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, age 45 |
| 1730: Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, age 45 |
| 1733: John Kay enables one person to operate a loom with the flying shuttle |
| 1736: John Harrison tests his first Sea Clock, H1. |
| 1738: Bach: Concerto in D Minor |
| 1738: Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, first mechanized cotton spinning machine. |
| 1741: Handel: The Messiah |
| 1742: Benjamin Franklin invents the Franklin Stove. |
| 1747: Bach: Ricercar a 6 (Oboe da caccia), age 62 |
| 1748: Bach: 18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, age 63 |
| 1749: Bach – Mass in B minor |
| 1749: Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, age 64 |
| 1750: Richter: Sinfonia in D, age 41 |
| 1751: Bach: Art of the Fugue, age 66 |
| 1751: Dauvergne: Concerts de simphonies, age 38 |
| 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod. |
| 1752: Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major, K, 159 |
| 1753: CPE Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, age 39 |
| 1753: George Frideric Handel plays the organ in public for the last time |
| 1754: Gossec: Symphony No.1 in B flat major, age 20 |
| 1755: Telemann: Der Tod Jesu, age 74 |
| 1755: William Cullen invents the first artificial refrigeration machine. |
| 1756: Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in C, age 24 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony A: age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony B in Bb major (Partita): age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 01 in D major, age 25 GA |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 02 in C major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 04 in D major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 10 in D major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 16 in Bb major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 17 in F major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 18 in G major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 19 in D major, age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 27 in G major (SICILIANO) (Hermannstädter), age 25 |
| 1757: Haydn: Symphony No. 37 in C major, age 25 |
| 1760: Haydn: Symphony No. 15 in D major, age 28 |
| 1760: Haydn: Symphony No. 36 in Eb major, age 28 |
| 1760: The Industrial Revolution in England begins |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 03 in G major GA, age 29 |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 11 in Eb major (ADAGIO), age 29 |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 14 in A major (BIRTHDAY), age 29 |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 25 in C major (LONG INTRO), age 29 |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 5 in A major (ADAGIO HIGH HORN), age 29 |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 6 (MORNING) in D major, age 29 DT |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 7 (NOON ) in C major, age 29 DT2 |
| 1761: Haydn: Symphony No. 8 (EVENING) in C major, age 29 |
| 1762: Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C major, age 30 |
| 1762: Haydn: Symphony No. 9 in C major, age 30 GA |
| 1762: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tours Europe as six-year-old prodigy |
| 1763: Haydn: Symphony No. 12 in E major (Siciliano), age 31 GA |
| 1763: Haydn: Symphony No. 32 in C major (Festive), age 31 2Trp Timp |
| 1763: Haydn: Symphony No. 33 in C major (PREDICTS BEETHOVEN), age 31 2Tmp Timp |
| 1763: Haydn: Symphony No. 34 in D minor (QUAKER I), age 31 MINOR |
| 1763: Haydn: Symphony No. 40 in F major (FUGUE), age 31 |
| 1764: Haydn: Symphony No. 21 in A major (Mozart/Beethoven), age 32 |
| 1764: Haydn: Symphony No. 22 in Eb major (The PHILOSOPHER), age 32 English horn GA |
| 1764: Haydn: Symphony No. 23 in G major (CANNONS and FADE), age 32 |
| 1764: Haydn: Symphony No. 24 in D major (FLUTE SOLO), age 32 |
| 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. |
| 1765: 1: Haydn: Symphony No. 28 in A major (Ambiguous Meter + Bariolage), age 31 GA |
| 1765: 1: Haydn: Symphony No. 29 in E major, age 33 |
| 1765: 1: Haydn: Symphony No. 30 in C major (ALLELUIA), age 33 GA 2Trp Timp |
| 1765: 2: Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D major (4 HORN SIGNAL), age 33 |
| 1765: 2: Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G minor (STORM AT SEA), age 33, GA MINOR 4 horns |
| 1765: 2: Haydn: Symphony No. 72 in D major (4 HORN SCALES), age 33 4H |
| 1765: Haydn: Symphony No. 13 in D major (Jupiter, cello solo), age 33 4H |
| 1765: James Watt invents the improved steam engine utilizing a separate condenser. |
| 1767: Haydn: Symphony No. 35 in Bb major (VIRTUOSO HORNS), age 35 GA |
| 1767: Haydn: Symphony No. 58 in F major, age 35 |
| 1767: Haydn: Symphony No. 59 (FIRE) in A major, age 35 |
| 1767: Joseph Priestley invents a method for the production of carbonated water. |
| 1767: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major |
| 1768: Haydn: Symphony No. 26 (LAMENTATION) in D minor, age 36 GA |
| 1768: Haydn: Symphony No. 49 (LA PASSIONE) (QUAKER II) in F minor, age 36 MINOR |
| 1768: Haydn: The Symphony No. 38 in C major (ECHO), age 34 Trp TIMP |
| 1769-1772: Early Mozart Symphonies |
| 1769: Haydn: Symphony No. 41 in C major, Hob. I/41, age 37 |
| 1769: Haydn: Symphony No. 48 in C major (“Maria Theresia”) (BRASS FANFARE), age 37 |
| 1769: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, first steam-powered vehicle, an early car. |
| 1770: Mozart: Symphony No. 10 in G major, K. 74, age 14 |
| 1770: Mozart: Symphony No. 11 in D major, K. 84/73q, age 14 |
| 1770: Richard Salter invents the earliest known design for a weighing scale. |
| 1771: Haydn: Symphony No. 42 in D major, Hob. I/42, age 39 |
| 1771: Haydn: Symphony No. 43 in Eb major (MERCURY), Hob. I/43, age 39 |
| 1771: Haydn: Symphony No. 52 in C minor, age 39 MINOR |
| 1771: Mozart: Symphony in D major “No. 48”, K. 120 (111a), age 15 |
| 1771: Mozart: Symphony No. 12 in G major, K. 110/75b, age 15 |
| 1771: Mozart: Symphony No. 13 in F major, K. 112, age 15 |
| 1771: Mozart: Symphony No. 14 in A major, K. 114, age 15 and 11 months |
| 1772: Haydn: Symphony No. 44 (TRAUER) in E minor, age 40 MINOR |
| 1772: Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F♯ minor (Farewell), age 40 MINOR GA |
| 1772: Haydn: Symphony No. 46 in B major (HOMOTONAL), age 40 |
| 1772: Haydn: Symphony No. 47 in G major (THE PALINDROME), age 40 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony in D major “No. 50”, K. 161/141a, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony in D major, K. 135+61h (no number), age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 15 in G major, K. 124, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 16 in C major, K. 128, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 17 in G major, K. 129, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 18 in F major, K. 130, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 19 in Eb major, K. 132, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 20 in D major, K. 133, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 21 in A major, K. 134, age 16 |
| 1772: Mozart: Symphony No. 9 in C major, age 16 |
| 1773: Haydn: Symphony No. 50 in C major, age 41 |
| 1773: Haydn: Symphony No. 51 in Bb major (INSANE HORN), age 41 |
| 1773: Mozart: Symphony No. 22 in C major K. 162, age 17 |
| 1773: Mozart: Symphony No. 23 in D major K.181, age 17 |
| 1773: Mozart: Symphony No. 24 Bb major K. 182 173da, age 17 |
| 1773: Mozart: Symphony No. 25 (LITTLE G MINOR), age 17 * |
| 1773: Mozart: Symphony No. 26 in Eb major, K. 184/161a, age 17 |
| 1773: Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G major, K. 199/161b, age 17 |
| 1774: Haydn: Symphony No. 54 in G major (TRIPLE VERSION), Hob. I/54, age 42 |
| 1774: Haydn: Symphony No. 55 in Eb major (THE SCHOOLMASTER), Hob. I/55, age 42 |
| 1774: Haydn: Symphony No. 56 in C major (TARANTELLA), Hob. I/56, age 42 |
| 1774: Haydn: Symphony No. 57 in D major, Hob. I/57, age 42 |
| 1774: Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C major (IL DISTRATTO), age 42 |
| 1774: Haydn: Symphony No. 64 in A major (Tempora mutantur), age 42 |
| 1774: John Wilkinson, boring machine, first machine tool. |
| 1774: Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C major K. 200 (173e/189k) age 18 |
| 1774: Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201/186a, age 18 * |
| 1774: Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202/186b, age 18 * |
| 1774: Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt, age 18 GA |
| 1775: Haydn: Symphony No. 66 in Bb major, age 43 |
| 1775: Haydn: Symphony No. 69 in C major (LAUDON) age 43 |
| 1775: Jesse Ramsden invents the modern screw-cutting lathe. |
| 1775: Mozart: Misericordias Domini, K.222, age 19 |
| 1775: Mozart: Symphony No. 51 |
| 1775: Mozart: Symphony No. 52 |
| 1776: Haydn: Symphony No. 61 in D major (CUCKOO), age 44 |
| 1776: John Wilkinson. mechanical air compressor |
| 1777: Haydn: Symphony No. 53 in D major (L’Impériale), age 45 |
| 1777: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb major, age 21 |
| 1777: Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, age 21 |
| 1778: Haydn: Symphony No. 65 in A major (MIXED METER), age 46 |
| 1778: Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (Paris) in D major K. 297/300a, age 22 |
| 1778: Robert Barron invents the first lever tumbler lock. |
| 1779: Haydn: Symphony No. 67 in F major, age 47 GA |
| 1779: Haydn: Symphony No. 68 in Bb major (TICK TOCK), age 47 |
| 1779: Haydn: Symphony No. 70 in D major (Opera House), age 47 |
| 1779: Mozart: Symphony No. 32 (Italian Overture) G major K. 318, age 23 |
| 1779: Mozart: Symphony No. 33 (CHAMBER) in Bb Major, age 23 |
| 1780: Haydn: Symphony No. 62 in D major (DANCE), age 48 |
| 1780: Haydn: Symphony No. 63 in C major, age 48, GA |
| 1780: Haydn: Symphony No. 71 in Bb major, age 48 |
| 1780: Haydn: Symphony No. 74 in E♭ major, (LUTE) age 48 |
| 1780: Haydn: Symphony No. 75 in D major (CURIOUS STORY), age 48 |
| 1780: Mozart: Symphony No. 34 (SALTERELLO) in C major, age 24 |
| 1782-1785: Mozart: The Haydn Quartets: age 26 to 29 |
| 1782: Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D major, Hob. 1/73, age 40 |
| 1782: Haydn: Symphony No. 76 in Eb major, age 50 |
| 1782: Haydn: Symphony No. 77 (NO NAME) in Bb major FL, age 50 |
| 1782: Haydn: Symphony No. 78 (MINOR) in C minor FL MINOR, age 50 |
| 1782: Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, (“Spring”), age 26 |
| 1782: Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (HAFFNER) in D major, age 26 |
| 1782: Mozart: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
| 1783: Claude de Jouffroy builds the first steamboat. |
| 1783: Joseph-Ralf and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, first manned hot air balloon. |
| 1783: Louis-Sébastien Lenormand invents and uses the first modern parachute. |
| 1783: Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, age 27 |
| 1783: Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in Eb major, age 27 |
| 1783: Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (LINZ) in C major, age 27 |
| 1783: Mozart: Symphony No. 37 in G major, K. 444/425a, age 27 (Michael Haydn) |
| 1783: Revolutionary War ends. Ludwig van Beethoven’s first printed works. |
| 1784: Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 11, age 52 |
| 1784: Haydn: Symphony No. 79 in F major (NO NAME), age 52, T1 |
| 1784: Haydn: Symphony No. 80 (MINOR) in D minor, age 52 T2 MINOR |
| 1784: Haydn: Symphony No. 81 (NO NAME) in G major, age 52 T3 |
| 1784: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb major |
| 1784: Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor |
| 1784: Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in Bb major (“Hunt”), age 28 |
| 1785: Beethoven composing at age 14 |
| 1785: Martinus van Marum is the first to use the electrolysis technique. |
| 1785: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, age 29 |
| 1785: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major |
| 1785: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major |
| 1785: Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A major, age 29 |
| 1785: Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major (“Dissonance”), age 29 |
| 1786: Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine. |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 82 (THE BEAR) in C major, age 54 PARIS |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor (THE HEN) MINOR, age 54 PARIS |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 84 (IN NOMINE DOMINI) in Eb major, age 54 PARIS |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in Bb major, age 54 PARIS |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 86 (BIG ORCHESTRA) in D major, age , age 54 PARIS TIMPANI TRP |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 87 (NO NAME) in A major, age 54 PARIS |
| 1786: Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major Ox, age 54 |
| 1786: Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495 |
| 1786: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major |
| 1786: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor |
| 1786: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 (LA MARSEILLAISE) in C major |
| 1786: Mozart: Symphony No. 38 (PRAGUE) in D major, age 30 |
| 1787-1811: The five Beethoven piano concertos, age 17-41 |
| 1787: Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F major Ox, age 55 |
| 1787: Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture, K. 527 |
| 1787: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| 1787: Mozart: Viola Quintet No. 4 in G minor |
| 1788: Haydn: Symphony No. 90 (FAKE ENDING) in C major Ox, age 56 |
| 1788: Haydn: Symphony No. 91 in Eb major, age 56 |
| 1788: Mozart: EZ Sonata |
| 1788: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major |
| 1788: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major |
| 1788: Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor |
| 1788: Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (NO NAME) in Eb major, age 32 |
| 1788: Mozart: Symphony No. 40 (GREAT G MINOR), age 32 |
| 1788: Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (JUPITER) in C major, age 32 |
| 1789: Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom. |
| 1789: Haydn: Symphony No. 92 (OXFORD) in G major Ox, age 57 |
| 1789: The French Revolution |
| 1790: Haydn – String Quartets, Op. 64, “Tost”, Sonata Hob. XVI No. 49 in E-flat major |
| 1790: Mozart – Così fan tutte |
| 1790: Thomas Saint invents the sewing machine. |
| 1791: Haydn: Symphony No. 93 (“FART”) in D major, age 59 LONDON ONE |
| 1791: Haydn: Symphony No. 94 (SURPRISE) in G major, age 59 LONDON ONE |
| 1791: Haydn: Symphony No. 95 (MINOR) in C minor, age 59 L MINOR LONDON ONE |
| 1791: Haydn: Symphony No. 96 (MIRACLE) in D major L, age 59 LONDON ONE |
| 1791: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, age 35 |
| 1792: Claude Chappe invents the modern semaphore telegraph. |
| 1792: Haydn: Symphony No. 97 (CHIRP CHIRP) in C major L, age 60 LONDON ONE |
| 1792: Haydn: Symphony No. 98 (GOD SAVE THE KING) in Bb major L, age 60 LONDON ONE |
| 1793: Haydn: Symphony No. 99 (TOSCANINI’S FAVORITE) in Eb major L, age 61 LONDON TWO |
| 1793: Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed. Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. |
| 1794: Haydn: Symphony No. 100 (MILITARY) in G major L, age 62 LONDON TWO |
| 1794: Haydn: Symphony No. 101 (THE CLOCK) in D major L, age 62 LONDON TWO |
| 1794: Haydn: Symphony No. 102 (NO NAME) in Bb major L, age 62 LONDON TWO |
| 1795: Beethoven – Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, age 25 |
| 1795: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 (#2) in C major, age 25 |
| 1795: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 (#1) in Bb major, age 25 |
| 1795: Beethoven: Trio for Two Oboes and English Horn, Op. 87, age 25 |
| 1795: Beethoven: Trio Op. 1 No. 3 in C minor, age 25 |
| 1795: Haydn: Symphony No. 103 (DRUMROLL) in Eb major L, age 63 LONDON TWO |
| 1795: Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (LONDON) in D major, age 63 LONDON TWO |
| 1795: Joseph Bramah invents the hydraulic press. |
| 1796: Alois Senefelder invents the lithography printing technique. |
| 1796: Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb major |
| 1797: Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 7, in E-flat |
| 1797: Haydn: G major quartet, age 65 |
| 1797: Samuel Bentham invents plywood. |
| 1797: Wranitzky: Symphony in C minor, Op.31, age 41 |
| 1798: Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C minor, age 28 |
| 1798: Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 in C minor, (Pathetique), age 28 |
| 1798: Edward Jenner develops the first vaccine, the smallpox vaccine. |
| 1799: Beethoven – Piano Sonatas Nos. 9 and 10 (Op. 14, No. 1 and 2) |
| 1799: George Medhurst invents the first motorized air compressor. |
| 1799: Napoleon seizes power |
| 1799: The first paper machine is invented by Louis-Nicolas Robert. |
| 1800: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, age 30 |
| 1800: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Italy. |
| 1801: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor |
| 1802: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, age 32 |
| 1803: Beethoven: Wellington’s Victory, Op. 91 |
| 1803: Britain declares war on France in May 1803. |
| 1804-6: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 (APPASSIONATA) in F Minor, age 34-36 |
| 1804: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in Eb major, age 34 |
| 1804: First steam locomotive begins operation. |
| 1804: Friedrich Sertürner discovers morphine |
| 1804: Hanaoka Seishū creates tsūsensan, the first modern general anesthetic. |
| 1804: Morphine first isolated. |
| 1804: Richard Trevithick invents the steam locomotive. |
| 1805-14: Beethoven: the “Fidelio” problem, age 34-43 |
| 1805: Beethoven: the “Fidelio” problem |
| 1806: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, age 36 |
| 1806: Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in Bb major, age 36 |
| 1806: Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, age 36 |
| 1807: Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, age 37 |
| 1807: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, age 37 |
| 1807: François Isaac de Rivaz, first automobile, internal combustion engine, hydrogen. |
| 1807: Nicéphore Niépce, first internal combustion engine capable of doing useful work. |
| 1807: Robert Fulton expands water transportation and trade with the workable steamboat. |
| 1808: Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 No 2, age 37 |
| 1808: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, age 38 |
| 1808: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 14, age 17 |
| 1809: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (EMPEROR) in Eb, age 39 |
| 1810: Abraham-Louis Breguet creates the first wristwatch. |
| 1810: Beethoven: Egmont Overture, age 40 |
| 1810: Nicolas Appert invents the canning process for food. |
| 1810: Weber: Piano Concerto No. 1 |
| 1811: Friedrich Koenig, first powered printing press, using a cylinder. |
| 1812: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, age 42 |
| 1812: Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, age 42 |
| 1812: War of 1812 |
| 1813: German campaign of 1813 |
| 1813: Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D major, age 16 |
| 1815: Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in Bb major, age 18 |
| 1815: Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major |
| 1816: Francis Ronalds, first working electric telegraph using electrostatic means. |
| 1816: Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville, age 24 |
| 1816: Schubert: Symphony No. 4 (TRAGIC) in C minor |
| 1816: Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in Bb major (Motzartian), age 19 |
| 1816: Schubert: The Wanderer |
| 1817: Baron Karl von Drais,dandy horse, precursor to the modern bicycle. |
| 1817: Chopin – Two Polonaises |
| 1817: Müller: Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in E Minor, age 31 |
| 1817: Schubert: Piano Sonata No.4, D.537 |
| 1817: Schubert: String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581 |
| 1818: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart – Piano Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, age 27 |
| 1818: Schubert: Symphony No. 6 (LITTLE) in C major, age 21 |
| 1819 – 1823: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 |
| 1819: Schubert: Trout Quintet in A major, age 22 |
| 1820: Arriaga: Obertura de Los Esclavos Felices, age 14 |
| 1820: Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 30 |
| 1821: Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 |
| 1821: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 1 in C Major, age 12 |
| 1821: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2 in D Major, age 12 |
| 1821: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 3 in E Minor, age 12 |
| 1821: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, age 12 |
| 1821: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major, age 12 |
| 1821: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 6 in Eb Major, age 12 |
| 1821: Schubert: Symphony No. 7 (UNFINISHED) in B minor, age 24 |
| 1822: Arriaga: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, age 16 |
| 1822: Arriaga: String Quartet No. 2 in A major, age 16 |
| 1822: Arriaga: String Quartet No. 3 in Eb major, age 16 |
| 1822: Charles Babbage, begins building the first programmable mechanical computer. |
| 1822: Mendelssohn Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, age 13 |
| 1822: Mendelssohn: String Piano Concerto in A minor, age 13 |
| 1822: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, age 13 |
| 1822: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 8 in D Major, age 13 |
| 1822: Nicéphore Niépce invents Heliography, the first photographic process. |
| 1822: Thomas Blanchard,pattern-tracing lathe,used for making gun stocks, |
| 1823: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner invents the first lighter. |
| 1823: Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, age 14 |
| 1823: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 in B Minor, age 14 |
| 1823: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 11 in F Minor, age 14 |
| 1823: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, age 14 |
| 1823: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in D Major, age 14 |
| 1824: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, age 54 |
| 1824: Clementi: Symphony No. 3 (GREAT NATIONAL) in G major |
| 1824: Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse invents the bolt-action rifle. |
| 1824: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, age 15 |
| 1825: Arriaga – Symphony in D major, age 19 |
| 1825: Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1825: First isolation of aluminum. |
| 1825: Mendelssohn: Octet in Eb major, Op. 20, age 16 |
| 1825: Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, age 16 |
| 1825: The first public railway in the world, is opened. |
| 1825: William Sturgeon invents the electromagnet. |
| 1825:Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor |
| 1825:Jean-François Lesueur – Te Deum (for the coronation of King Charles X of France) |
| 1825:Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major |
| 1825:Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor |
| 1826: James Sharp invents and goes on to manufacture the first practical gas stove. |
| 1826: John Walker invents the friction match. |
| 1826: Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. |
| 1826: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (THE GREAT) in C major |
| 1827: Schubert: Gb Major Impromptu |
| 1828: Berlioz: Waverley Overture, age 25 |
| 1828: Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage |
| 1828: Patrick Bell invents the reaping machine. |
| 1828: Schubert: Fantasy in F minor for Piano Four Hands |
| 1828: Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960 |
| 1828: Schubert: Trio No. 2, Op. 100 |
| 1829: Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (#1), age 18 |
| 1829: First electric motor built. |
| 1829: Henry Robinson Palmer is awarded a patent for corrugated galvanised iron. |
| 1829: Rossini: William Tell Overture, age 37 |
| 1829: William Mann invents the compound air compressor. |
| 1830–31: Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor |
| 1830: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, age 27 |
| 1830: Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (#2), age 20 |
| 1830: Edwin Budding invents the lawn mower. |
| 1830: Mendelssohn: Fingal’s Cave, age 21 |
| 1830: Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso |
| 1830: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (#2) (REFORMATION) in D minor, age 21 |
| 1830: Wagner: Symphony in E major |
| 1831: Berlioz: Le roi Leary Overture, age 28 |
| 1831: Chopin: Revolutionary Etude |
| 1831: Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 |
| 1831: Michael Faraday,electromagnetic induction. |
| 1831: Wagner: Concert Overture No. 1 in D minor, age 18 |
| 1832: Death of Johann Goethe |
| 1832: Wagner Symphony in C |
| 1832: Wagner: Concert Overture No. 2 in C major, age 19 |
| 1832: Wagner: König Enzio, age 19 |
| 1832: Wagner: Two Tragic Entreacts, age 19 |
| 1833: Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, age 24 |
| 1833: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (#3) (ITALIAN) in A major, age 24 |
| 1833: Wagner Die Feen Overture |
| 1834: Berlioz: Harold en Italie, age 31 |
| 1834: Chopin: Fantaisie Impromptu |
| 1834: Moritz von Jacobi invents the first practical electric motor. |
| 1834: Wagner Christopher Columbus Overture, age 21 |
| 1835 Wagner Ban on Love |
| 1835: Joseph Henry invents the electromechanical relay. |
| 1836 Wagner Polonia overture |
| 1836 Wagner Rule Britannia Overture in D major |
| 1837: Early photography pioneered by Louis Daguerre |
| 1837: Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 40, age 28 |
| 1837: Queen Victoria comes to British throne |
| 1837: Samuel Morse invents Morse code. |
| 1837: Telegraphy patented. |
| 1838: Chopin: Raindrop Prelude: Op. 28 No. 15 |
| 1839: Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, age 36 |
| 1839: Edmond Becquere, photovoltaic effect, first solar cell. |
| 1839: James Nasmyth invents the steam hammer. |
| 1839: Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49, age 30 |
| 1839: Wagner Faust Overture |
| 1840: Berlioz: Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, age 37 |
| 1840: Wagner Rienzi Overture |
| 1841: Alexander Bain devises a printing telegraph. |
| 1841: Mendelssohn: Antigone Op. 55, age 32 |
| 1841: Mendelssohn: Song of Praise in Bb Major, age 32 |
| 1841: Schumann: Scherzo and Finale in E major, age 31 |
| 1841: Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in Bb major, age 31 |
| 1841: Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (#2), age 31 |
| 1841: The word “dinosaur” is coined by Richard Owen |
| 1842: Anaesthesia used for the first time. |
| 1842: Chopin Polonaise in Ab major |
| 1842: John Bennet Lawes invents superphosphate, the first man-made fertilizer. |
| 1842: Mendelssohn: Incidental Music to A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream Op. 61, age 33 |
| 1842: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (#4) (SCOTTISH) in A Minor, age 33 |
| 1842: William Robert Grove invents the first fuel cell. |
| 1843: Niels Gade: Symphony No. 2, age 26 |
| 1843: Wagner The Flying Dutchman, age 30 |
| 1844: Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, age 41 |
| 1844: Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, age 41 |
| 1844: Chopin 3rd Sonata, final movement |
| 1844: Chopin Sonata No. 3 |
| 1844: First publicly funded telegraph line ibetween Baltimore and Washington |
| 1844: Friedrich Gottlob Keller, Charles Fenerty, wood pulp method of paper production. |
| 1845: Isaac Charles Johnson invents modern Portland cement. |
| 1845: Mendelssohn: Oedipus at Colonus, Op. 93, age 36 |
| 1845: Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, age 35 |
| 1845: Wagner: Tannhäuser |
| 1846: Henri-Joseph Maus invents the tunnel boring machine. |
| 1846: Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major (#3), age 36 |
| 1847: Ascanio Sobrero invents Nitroglycerin, the first explosive made that was stronger than black powder. |
| 1847: Wagner: Lohengrin |
| 1848: Johann Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March, age 44 |
| 1848: Jonathan J. Couch invents the pneumatic drill. |
| 1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish “Communist Manifesto” |
| 1848: Linus Yale Sr. invents the first modern pin tumbler lock. |
| 1849: Henry David Thoreau publishes “Civil Disobedience” |
| 1849: Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in Eb major, age 38 |
| 1849: Schumann: Horn Quartet in F major, age 39 |
| 1849: The safety pin and the gas mask are invented. |
| 1849: Walter Hunt invents the first repeating rifle to use metallic cartridges (of his own design) and a spring-fed magazine. |
| 1850: Liszt: Liebestraum |
| 1850: Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in Eb minor (Rhenish) (#4) , age 40 |
| 1851: George Jennings, first public flush toilets, accessible for a penny per visit |
| 1851: Rubinstein: Symphony No. 2 (Ocean), age 22 |
| 1852: Elisha Otis invents the safety brake elevator. |
| 1852: Henri Giffard, first person to make a manned flight using a dirigible. |
| 1852: Johannes Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 2 |
| 1853: F-A-E Sonata |
| 1853: François Coignet invents reinforced concrete. |
| 1853: Johannes Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 1, Piano Sonata No. 3 |
| 1853: Liszt: Sonata |
| 1854: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, age 21 |
| 1854: Wagner: RING: The Rhinegold Themes |
| 1855: Bessemer process enables steel to be mass-produced. |
| 1855: Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C major: age 17 |
| 1855: Cocaine is isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke. |
| 1855: James Clerk Maxwel, first method for color photography, chemical or electronic. |
| 1855: Rubinsteain: Symphony No. 3 in A major, age 26 |
| 1856-61: Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor (GYPSY RONDO), age 23 |
| 1856: Alexander Parkes invents parkesine, also known as celluloid, the first man-made plastic. |
| 1856: James Harrison produces the world’s first practical ice making machine and refrigerator using the principle of vapour compression in Geelong, Australia.[356] |
| 1856: Liszt: Dante Symphony, age 45 |
| 1856: Wagner: Ride of the Walkyries |
| 1856: William Henry Perkin invents mauveine, the first synthetic dye. |
| 1856: World’s first oil refinery in Romania |
| 1857: Heinrich Geissler invents the Geissler tube. |
| 1857: Liszt: Die Ideale, age 46 |
| 1857: Liszt: Hunnenschlacht, age 46 |
| 1858: Invention of the phonautograph, the first true device for recording sound. |
| 1858: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17, age 23 |
| 1859: Gaston Planté invents the lead acid battery, the first rechargeable battery. |
| 1859: Tristan und Isolde |
| 1860: Joseph Swan produces carbon fibers.[357] |
| 1860: nothing |
| 1860s |
| 1861: Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major |
| 1861: Start of American Civil War |
| 1862: Wagner: Der Meistersinger |
| 1863: First section of the London Underground opens. |
| 1863: nothing |
| 1864: Berlioz: Marche Troyenne Overture, age 61 |
| 1864: Louis Pasteur invents the pasteurization process. |
| 1864: Tchaikovsky: The Storm, Op. 76, in E minor, in E minor, age 24 |
| 1865: Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, age 24 |
| 1865: Dvorak: Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, age 24 |
| 1865: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 1, age 21 |
| 1865: Siemens-Martin process for making steel. |
| 1865: Tchaikovsky: Overture in C Minor, age 25 |
| 1865: Tchaikovsky: Overture in F Major, age 25 |
| 1866: Grieg: The Watchman’s Song |
| 1866: Johann Strass: The Beautiful Danube |
| 1866: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 3 in C major Op. 32, age 22 |
| 1866: Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858. |
| 1866: Tchaikovsky: Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem in D |
| 1867: Alfred Nobel, dynamite, safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder. |
| 1867: Lucien B. Smith, invents barbed wire, |
| 1867: Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain, age 28 |
| 1867: Rimsky Korsakov: Sadko, Musical Picture, age 23 |
| 1867: Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on Serbian Themes, age 23 |
| 1868-76: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor (WINTER DREAMS), age 28-36 |
| 1868: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor |
| 1868: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2 (Antar Suite), age 24 |
| 1868: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, age 33 |
| 1868: Tchaikovsky: Fatum in C minor, age 24 |
| 1868: Tchaikovsky: Romance In F Minor |
| 1869-1880: Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet in B minor |
| 1869: Dietrich: Symphony in D minor, Op.20, age 40 |
| 1869: First transcontinental railroad completed in United States on 10 May. |
| 1870: Rasmus Malling-Hansen, Writing Ball, first commercially sold typewriter. |
| 1870: Wagner Siegfried Idyll |
| 1870: Wagner: RING The Walkyrie |
| 1871: RING Wagner: Siegfried |
| 1871: Verdi: Triumphal March |
| 1871: Wagner Kaisermarsch |
| 1872: Dvorak: Symphony No. 3 in Eb major, age 31 |
| 1872: J.E.T. Woods and J. Clark invented stainless steel. |
| 1872: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov, Incidental Music, age 28 |
| 1872: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Nikolai Rubinstein’s Name-Day in A |
| 1872: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Little Russian), age 32 |
| 1873: Brahms: St. Anthony Variations in Bb major (Haydn Variations), age 40 |
| 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis invent blue jeans |
| 1873: Tchaikovsky: The Tempest in F minor |
| 1873: Zénobe Gramme, first commercial electrical generator, the Gramme machine. |
| 1874-79: Smetana: My Homeland |
| 1874: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb major |
| 1874: Dvorak: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (“Little D Minor), age 33 |
| 1874: Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 in F major, age 33 |
| 1874: Gustave Trouvé invents the first metal detector. |
| 1874: Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, age 39 |
| 1874: Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F major |
| 1874: Wagner Siegfried’s Rhine Journey |
| 1874: Wagner: RING Twilight of the Gods |
| 1875–1876: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, age 51-52 |
| 1875: Bizet: Carmen, age 37 |
| 1875: Fyodor Pirotsky invents the first electric tram near Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| 1875: Tchaikovsky: Bb Minor Piano Concerto, age 35 |
| 1875: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, age 35 |
| 1876 Wagner Centennial March |
| 1876-77: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet, age 36-37 |
| 1876: Alexander Graham Bell has a patent granted for the telephone. |
| 1876: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, age 43 |
| 1876: Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G minor |
| 1876: Mahler: Quartet for Strings and Piano in A minor |
| 1876: Nicolaus August Otto invents the four-stroke cycle. |
| 1876: Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini in E minor, age 36 |
| 1876: Tchaikovsky: March Slave in Bb minor, age 36 |
| 1877: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major |
| 1877: Rimsky-Korsakov: Trombone Concerto, age 33 |
| 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. |
| 1878 and 1886: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, age 37 and 45 |
| 1878: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, age 35 |
| 1878: First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. |
| 1878: Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore, age 42 and age 36 |
| 1878: Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27, age 35 |
| 1878: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, age 38 |
| 1878: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, age 38 |
| 1878: The year in music |
| 1878: Thomas Edison gets the patent for the phonograph |
| 1878: Wagner Parsifal “Overture”, age 65 |
| 1879: Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16, age 34 |
| 1879: Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison patent a functional incandescent light bulb. |
| 1880: Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D major (Furiant), age 39 |
| 1880: Tchaikovsky: Italian Capriccio, age 40 |
| 1880: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra C,age 40 |
| 1881: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major, age 48 |
| 1881: First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain. |
| 1881: Nikolay Benardos presents first practical arc welding method. |
| 1881: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden, age 37 |
| 1882: Hans Huber Symphony No. 1 in D minor |
| 1883: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major |
| 1883: Tchaikovsky: Coronation March in D, age 43 |
| 1884: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor |
| 1884: Hiram Maxim invents the recoil-operated Maxim gun, |
| 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms. |
| 1884: Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta on Russian Themes in A minor, age 40 |
| 1884: Sir Charles Parsons invents the modern steam turbine. |
| 1884: Sir Hiram Maxim invents the first self-powered Machine gun. |
| 1884: Tchaikovksy: 1812 Overture in Eb major, age 44 |
| 1884: Tchaikovsky: Elegy in G, age 44 |
| 1885: Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, age 44 |
| 1885: Franck: Symphonic Variations in F# minor |
| 1885: John Kemp Starley invents the modern safety bicycle. |
| 1885: Louis Pasteur creates the first successful vaccine against rabies |
| 1885: MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor |
| 1885: Singer begins production the most popular model of sewing machine |
| 1885: Tchaikovsky: Jurisprudence March in D, age 45 |
| 1885: Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor (#5), age 45 |
| 1886: Carl Gassner, zinc–carbon battery, the first dry cell battery. |
| 1886: Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult, produce inexpensive aluminum in 1886. |
| 1886: Karl Benz invents the first petrol or gasoline powered auto-mobile (car).[369] |
| 1886: Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile. |
| 1886: Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, age 51 |
| 1887: Borodin: Prince Igor Overture, age 54 |
| 1887: Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (APOCALYPTIC) in C minor |
| 1887: James Blyth invents the first wind turbine used for generating electricity. |
| 1887: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, age 43 |
| 1888: Fauré: Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, age 43 |
| 1888: Franck: Symphony in D minor, age 65 (1961) |
| 1888: Galileo Ferraris and Nikola Tesla, rotating magnetic field induction motor |
| 1888: Grieg: Peer Gynt, age, age 45 |
| 1888: John J. Loud invents the ballpoint pen. |
| 1888: Mahler: Symphony No 1 (TITAN) in D major, age 28 |
| 1888: Richard Strauss: Don Juan Overture in E major, age 24 |
| 1888: Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture Op. 36, age 44 |
| 1888: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade in E minor, age 44 |
| 1888: Satie: Gymnopédie for piano, age 22 |
| 1888: Tchaikovsky: Hamlet in F minor, age 48 |
| 1888: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor (#6), age 48 |
| 1889: Aspirin patented. |
| 1889: Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, age 48 |
| 1889: Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, age 49 |
| 1890: Robert Gair invents the pre-cut cardboard box. |
| 1890: Tchaikovsky: The Voyevoda in A minor, age 50 |
| 1890: The cardboard box is invented. |
| 1890s: Frédéric Swarts, first chlorofluorocarbons to be applied as refrigerant. |
| 1891: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor |
| 1891: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, age 18 |
| 1891: Whitcomb Judson invents the zipper. |
| 1892: John Froelich develops and constructs the first gasoline/petrol-powered tractor. |
| 1892: Léon Bouly invents the cinematograph. |
| 1892: Rachmaninov: C# Minor Prelude, age 19 |
| 1892: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, age 52 |
| 1892: Thomas Ahearn invents the electric oven. |
| 1893: Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (NEW WORLD) in E minor |
| 1893: Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel engine.l). |
| 1893: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (#7), age 53 |
| 1894: Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun, age 32 |
| 1894: First gramophone record. |
| 1894: Karl Elsener invents the Swiss Army knife. |
| 1894: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 [RESURRECTION] in D minor, age 34 |
| 1895: Enescu: Symphony No.1 in D minor (STUDY), age 13 |
| 1895: Guglielmo Marconi, wireless communication using radio waves. |
| 1895: Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Orchestral Suite, age 51 |
| 1895: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen invented the first radiograph (xrays). |
| 1896: Dukas: Symphony in C major |
| 1896: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, age 36 |
| 1896: Pablo Sáinz Villegas: Recuerdos de la Alhambra |
| 1896: Rachmaninov: Moment Musical Op 16 No 2 in Eb minor, age 23 |
| 1896: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra |
| 1897: Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice in F minor, age 32 |
| 1897: Enescu: Romanian Poem, age 16 |
| 1898: Hans von Pechmann synthesizes polyethylene. |
| 1898: nothing |
| 1899: Debussy: Nocturnes, age 37 |
| 1899: Elgar: Enigma Variations in G minor |
| 1899: Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, age 34 |
| 1899: Waldemar Jungner invents the rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery |
| 1900: Gliere: Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Op. 8, age 25 |
| 1900: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major, age 40 |
| 1900: Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, age 56 |
| 1900: The first Zeppelin is designed by Theodor Kober. |
| 1901: Enescu: Two Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11, age 20 |
| 1901: Rachmaninov: Prelude in Eb Minor, Op. 26, age 28 |
| 1901: Vacuum cleaner”, patented by Hubert Cecil Booth and David T. Kenney. |
| 1902: Mahler: Symphony No. 5, age 42 |
| 1903: Édouard Bénédictus invents laminated glass. |
| 1903: First airplane flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina by Orville and Wilbur Wright. |
| 1903: Sibelius: Kuolema (Death), age 38 |
| 1903: The first successful gas turbine is invented by Ægidius Elling. |
| 1904: First vacuum tube and diode is invented by John Ambrose Fleming. |
| 1904: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor, age 44 |
| 1905: Bethena |
| 1905: Debussy: Iberia, age 43 |
| 1905: Debussy: La Mer, age 43 |
| 1905: Debussy: Reflections in the water, age 43 |
| 1905: Debussy: Rondes de printemps, age 43 |
| 1905: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 [SONG OF THE NIGHT] in E minor, age 45 |
| 1906: Roussel: Symphony No. 1 in D minor (The poem of the forest), age 37 |
| 1906: Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, age 32 |
| 1907: Leo Baekeland invents bakelite, the first plastic made from synthetic components. |
| 1907: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, age 34 |
| 1907: Symphony in E-flat (Stravinsky) |
| 1907: The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu. |
| 1908: Cellophane is invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger. |
| 1908: Nielsen: Saga-Drøm, age 43 |
| 1908: Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole: age 33 |
| 1909: Debussy Gigues, age 37 |
| 1909: Debussy: Interrupted Serenade |
| 1909: First television broadcast, is carried out by Georges Rignoux and A. Fournier. |
| 1909: Holst: Military Suite No. 1 in Eb, age 35 |
| 1909: Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 3 in D minor, age 36 |
| 1910: Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair |
| 1910: Roussel: Evocations, age 41 |
| 1910: Stravinsky: Firebird Suite |
| 1911: Holst: Military Suite No. 2 in F major, age 37 |
| 1911: Ravel: Mother Goose Suite, age 36 |
| 1911: The cloud chamber, the first particle detector, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson. |
| 1912: Dukas: La Peri |
| 1912: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major |
| 1912: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, age 37 |
| 1912: Roussel: The Spider’s Feast, age 43 |
| 1912: The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railway. |
| 1913: The Bells (symphony) |
| 1915: Harry Brearley invents a process to create Martensitic stainless steel, |
| 1915: The first operational military tanks are designed in Great Britain and France. |
| 1916-1828: Respighi: Roman Trilogy, age 37-49 |
| 1916: Maple Leaf Rag |
| 1916: Respighi: Fountains of Rome, age 37 |
| 1917: Debussy: Les Soirs illumines par l’ardeur du charbon, age 55 |
| 1917: Holst: The Planets, age 43 |
| 1917: Prokofiev: Symphony No.1 in D Major (Classical), age 26 |
| 1918: Janacek: Taras Bulba Rhapsody, age 64 |
| 1918: Ravel: Alborada del gracioso, age 43 |
| 1919: Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, age 42 |
| 1920: Albert Roussel: Pour une fête de printemps, symphonic poem, age 51 |
| 1921: Roussel: Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, age 52 |
| 1922: Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 3 in G major |
| 1924: Respighi: Pines of Rome, age 45 |
| 1925: Gershwin: Concerto in F, age 27 |
| 1925: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, (Iron and Steel), age 34 |
| 1926: Janacek: The Sinfonietta, age 72 |
| 1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates the world’s first live working television system. |
| 1926: Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket. |
| 1926: Roussel: Suite for Orchestra in F major, age 57 |
| 1926: The Yagi-Uda Antenn is invented by Shintaro Uda of Tohoku |
| 1927: The quartz clock, Warren Marrison and J.W. Horton |
| 1928: Frank Whittle formally submitted his ideas for a turbo-jet engine. |
| 1928: Penicillin, Alexander Fleming. |
| 1928: Philo Farnsworth demonstrates the first practical electronic television to the press. |
| 1928: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (The Fiery Angel), age 37 |
| 1928: Ravel: Bolero in C major, age 53 |
| 1928: Respighi: Roman Festivals: age 49 |
| 1929: Roussel: Petite Suite, age 60 |
| 1929: The ball screw is invented by Rudolph G. Boehm. |
| 1930: Roussel: Bacchus and Ariadne, age 61 |
| 1930: Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, age 61 |
| 1930: The Supersonic combusting ramjet — Frank Whittle. |
| 1931: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite |
| 1931: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, age 56 |
| 1931: The electron microscope is invented by Ernst Ruska. |
| 1931: Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto in C |
| 1933: FM radio is patented by inventor Edwin H. Armstrong. |
| 1934: Hindemith: Mathis der Mahler, age 39 |
| 1934: Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, age 61 |
| 1934: Roussel Symphony No. 4, age 65 |
| 1935: Nylon is produced by Wallace Carothers while working at DuPont. |
| 1935: Orff: Carmina Burana |
| 1936: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf |
| 1936: Roussel: Rapsodie flamande, age 67 |
| 1937: Gershwin: Let’s Call the Whole Thing off |
| 1937: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, age 31 |
| 1938: Kabalevsky: Comedian’s Galop |
| 1938: Nuclear fission discovered in experiment |
| 1938: Z1, built by Konrad Zuse, is the first freely programmable computer in the world. |
| 1939: G. S. Yunyev or Naum Gurvich invented the electric current defibrillator |
| 1939: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez in D major |
| 1940: Isotope of plutonium |
| 1941: Polyester is invented by John Whinfield and James Dickson. |
| 1941: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (LENIGRAD) in C major |
| 1942: The V-2 rocke developed by engineer Wernher von Braun. |
| 1943: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra |
| 1943: Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major |
| 1944: Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major, age 53 |
| 1944: Viral vaccine is perfected by Dr. Jonas Salk and Thomas Francis. |
| 1945: Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major |
| 1945: Britten: Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra in D minor |
| 1945: Menotti: Piano Concerto in F major |
| 1945: Percy Spencer patents a magnetron based microwave oven. |
| 1945: Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D major |
| 1945: The atomic bomb is developed by the Manhattan Project |
| 1945: The Christmas Song |
| 1946: James Martin invents the airplane ejector seat |
| 1947: But Beautiful, a Great Standard |
| 1947: Durufle: Requiem |
| 1947: Holography is invented by Dennis Gabor. |
| 1948: Anderson: Sleigh Ride, age 40 |
| 1948: Basic oxygen steelmaking is developed by Robert Durrer. |
| 1948: The first atomic clock is developed at the National Bureau of Standards. |
| 1949: Anderson: A Trumpeter’s Lullaby, age 41 |
| 1950: Bertie the Brain, debatably the first video game, |
| 1951: First use of nuclear power to produce electricity for households |
| 1952: The first thermonuclear weapon is developed. |
| 1953: Anderson: The Typewriter |
| 1953: Montsalvatge: Concierto Breve |
| 1953: The first video tape recorder, a helical scan recorder |
| 1954: Invention of the solar battery by Bell Telephone scientists. |
| 1955: The hovercraft is patented by Christopher Cockerell. |
| 1956: Flanders & Swann |
| 1956: Igor Stravinsky: Choral Variations, from J S Bach |
| 1956: The hard disk drive is invented by IBM. |
| 1957: The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, is launched. |
| 1957: The first personal computer used by one person and controlled by a keyboard, the IBM 610, is invented in 1957 by IBM. |
| 1958–59: The integrated circuit is independently invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. |
| 1959: Miles Davis: So What |
| 1960: The first functioning laser is invented by Theodore Maiman. |
| 1961: The first crewed spaceflight is achieved by Vostok 1. |
| 1963: The first electronic cigarette is created by Herbert A. Gilbert. |
| 1964: Shinkansen, the first high-speed rail commercial passenger service. |
| 1965: Kevlar is invented by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont. |
| 1965: Paul Simon: Scarbouro Fair |
| 1970: Cotton’s Dream |
| 1970: The pocket calculator is invented. |
| 1971: The first single-chip microprocessor, the Intel 4004, is invented. |
| 1971: The first space station, Salyut 1 is launched. |
| 1972: The first video game console, Magnavox Odyssey. |
| 1973: The first capacitive touchscreen is developed at CERN. |
| 1973: The first fiber optic communication systems |
| 1975: Altair 8800 is the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution. |
| 1975: Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 1977: Dr. Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger, DNA sequencing method |
| 1977: The first self-driving car that did not rely upon rails or wires under the road |
| 1978: The Global Positioning System (GPS) enters service. |
| 1979: CompuServe and RadioShack’s MicroNET |
| 1979: First handheld game console with interchangeable game cartridges, Microvision |
| 1980: Flash memory (both NOR and NAND types) is invented by Fujio Masuoka |
| 1981: Kane Kramer develops the credit card sized, IXI digital media player. |
| 1981: The first reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle undergoes test flights |
| 1982: Direct to home satellite television transmission, launch of Sky One service. |
| 1982: The first laptop computer is launched, the 8/16-bit Epson HX-20. |
| 1984: DNA profiling is pioneered by Alec Jeffreys. |
| 1984: The first commercially available cell phone, created by Motorola. |
| 1985: The lithium-ion battery is invented |
| 1989: Karlheinz Brandenburg, MPEG-1, layer 3 (mp3), and later the MPEG-2, |
| 1989: The World Wide Web is invented by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee. |
| 1990: John Williams: Home Alone |
| 1991: The first commercial flash-based solid-state drive is launched by SunDisk. |
| 1993: Death of Love and Trust |
| 1994: First generation of Bluetooth is developed by Ericsson Mobile. |
| 1994: IBM Simon, World’s first smartphone is developed by IBM. |
| 1995: DVD invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. |
| 1997: The first weblog, a discussion or informational website, later shortened to “blog” |
| 1998: The first portable MP3 player is released by SaeHan Information Systems. |
| 1999: The first digital video recorder (DVR), the TiVo, is launched by Xperi. |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey |
| 2010: The first solar sail based spacecraft, IKAROS. |
| 2010: The first synthetic organism, Mycoplasma laboratorium |
| 2013: Loreena Mckennitt |
| 2014: Kanno: Zankyou no Terror |
| 2020: Fix You (Live for There With Care) |
| 2020: Nimrod: 100 Amazing Tuba and Euphonium All-Stars: |
| 2021: Jacob Collier then and now |
