| Year |
Event |
| 1801 |
Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer, dies |
| 1801 |
Beethoven:Die Geschopfe des Prometheus," ballet, Vienna |
| 1801 |
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer, born |
| 1801 |
Hayden:"The Seasons," oratorio, completed |
| 1801 |
Joseph Lanner, Viennese waltz composer, born |
| 1801 |
Albert Lortzing, German opera composer, born |
| 1802 |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 36 |
| 1802 |
J.N. Forkel publishes "Life of Johann Sebastian Bach" |
| 1803 |
Adolphe Adam, French composer, born |
| 1803 |
Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano, Opus 47 (Kreutzer) |
| 1803 |
Hector Berlioz, French composer, born |
| 1803 |
Franz Xaver Sussmayer, Austrian composer who completed Mozart's "Requiem," dies |
| 1804 |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Opus 55 (Eroica) |
| 1804 |
M.I. Glinka, Russian composer, born |
| 1804 |
Johann Strauss I, Viennese Waltz composer, born |
| 1805 |
Beethoven: "Fidelio," opera, Vienna |
| 1805 |
Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, dies |
| 1805 |
Paganini begins to tour Europe as violin virtuoso |
| 1806 |
Vicente Martin y Soler, Spanish composer, dies |
| 1806 |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Opus 60 and Violin Concerto, Opus 61 completed |
| 1806 |
Rossini's first opera, "Demetrio a Polibio," produced, Rome |
| 1807 |
Beethoven:"Lenora Overture" No. 3 |
| 1807 |
Etienne Nicolas Mehul: "Joseph," opera, Paris |
| 1807 |
J.G. Pleyel founds his pianoforte factory in Paris |
| 1807 |
Spontini: "La Vestale," opera, Paris |
| 1807 |
Thomas Moore's "Irish Melodies," with music by John Stevenson |
| 1808 |
Beethoven's Symphonies No. 5, Opus 67 and No. 6 ("Pastoral"),Opus 68 |
| 1809 |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Opus 73, (The Emporer) |
| 1809 |
Joseph Hayden dies |
| 1809 |
Felix Mendelssohn, German composer, born |
| 1809 |
Spontini:"Fernand Cortez," opera, Paris |
| 1810 |
Beethoven: Music to Goethe's "Egmont," Vienna |
| 1810 |
Frederic Chopin, Polish composer, born |
| 1810 |
Otto Nicolai, German composer, born |
| 1810 |
Rossini: "La Cambiale di Matrimonio," opera, Venice |
| 1810 |
San Carlo Opera House, Naples, built |
| 1810 |
Robert Schumann, German composer, born |
Music History Timeline - 1801 to 1810
