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| Month | Mozart's Life | Compositions | World Events |
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| January | [10] Rondo in D for Keyboard (K. 485) | ||
| February | [7] Der Schauspieldirektor (K. 486) is performed at the Orangery at Schönbrunn. | [3] Der Schauspieldirektor (K. 486) | |
| March | [2] Concerto in A for Piano (K. 488)
[24] Concerto in C minor for Piano (K. 491) |
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| April | [29] Le nozze di Figaro (K. 492) | ||
| May | [1] Le nozze di Figaro (K. 492) premieres at the Burgtheater. It will be performed nine times this year. | Annapolis convention, under James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, draws attention to the weakness of the Articles of Confederation. | |
| June | [3] Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat (K. 493)
[10] Rondo in F for Keyboard (K. 494) [26] Concerto in E flat for Horn (K. 495) |
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| July | [8] Trio in G for Piano, Violin and Cello (K. 496)
[27] 12 Duos for Basset Horns (K. 487) |
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| August | [5] Trio in E flat for Piano, Clarinet and Viola, "Kegelstatt" (K. 498)
[19] Quartet in D for Strings, "Hoffmeister" (K. 499) |
[17] Frederick II dies, succeeded by Frederick William II. | |
| September | [26] Anglo-French commercial treaty reduces many duties.
Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. |
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| October | [18] Mozart's third child, Johann Thomas Leopold, is born. | [16] Joseph II's edict establishing a single seminary for the Austrian Netherlands provokes protests from clergy. | |
| November | [15] Johann Thomas Leopold dies of suffocation. | [4] 5 Variations in G (K. 501)
[18] Trio in B flat for Piano, Violin and Cello (K. 502) |
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| December | Le nozze di Figaro (K. 492) is performed at Prague. | [4] Concerto in C for Piano (K. 503)
[6] Symphony in D, "Prague" (K. 504) |
| Month | Mozart's Life | Compositions | World Events |
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| January | [8] Mozart and Constanze travel to Prague.
[19] Symphony in D, "Prague" (K. 504) is performed. |
Joseph II constitutes Austrian Netherlands as a province of the Austrian monarchy, provoking riots in Louvain and Brussels. | |
| February | [8] The Mozarts leave Prague and return to Vienna.
[23] Ann Storace gives her farewell concert at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna. |
[13] Comte de Vergenne dies; Armand Comte de Montmorin is appointed French foreign minister.
[22] French nobles meet at Versailles and reject Charles de Calonne's proposals for financial reform. Joseph II and Catherine II form a defensive alliance. |
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| March | Leopold Mozart takes ill. | [11] Rondo for Piano in A minor (K. 511) | |
| April | [4] Mozart writes to his father for the last time.
[7] Ludwig van Beethoven, 16, arrives in Vienna from Bonn to have lessons from Mozart. He leaves within two weeks. [24] The Mozarts move to a new home in the Landstrasse suburb. |
[19] Quintet in C for Strings (K. 515) | [11] New York imposes duties on foreign goods.
[17] Calonne is banished to Lorraine; Cardinal Étienne Brienne, Archibishop of Toulouse, succeeds him as minister of finance. |
| May | [28] Leopold Mozart dies in Salzburg. | [16] Quintet for Strings in G minor (K. 516)
[29] Piano Sonata for Four Hands in C (K. 521) |
[14] Philadelphia convention meets to frame a constitution. |
| June | [4] Mozart buries his pet starling. | [28] Dutch insurgents arrest Princess Wilhelmina of Holland. | |
| July | [6] Parlement of Paris opposes Étienne Brienne and demands the summoning of the States-General.
North-West ordinance in United States creates five new states. |
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| August | [10] Eine kleine Nachtmusik (K. 525)
[24] Sonata in A for Keyboard and Violin (K. 526) Ein musikalischer Spass (K. 522) |
[10] Turkey declares war on Russia.
[14] Parlement of Paris is banished by Louis XVI to Troyes. |
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| September | [17] United States Constitution is signed.
[24] Parlement of Paris is recalled. |
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| October | [1] Mozart and Constanze travel to Prague for rehearsals and premiere of Don Giovanni (K. 527)
[29] Mozart conducts first performance of Don Giovanni, at the National Theater in Prague. |
[28] Don Giovanni (K. 527) | |
| November | [13] Mozart and Constanze leave Prague and return to Vienna. | [15] Christoph Willibald Gluck dies in Vienna.
[20] Louis XVI declares that the States-General will be summoned for July 1792. |
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| December | The Mozarts move to the Tuchlauben in the Inner City.
[1] Joseph II appoints Mozart Kammermusicus (imperial chamber composer) at a salary of 800 florins a year. [27] Mozart's fourth child, Theresia, is born. |
| Month | Mozart's Life | Compositions | World Events |
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| January | [3] Allegro and Andante in F for Keyboard (K. 533) | [20] Parlement of Paris presents a list of grievances. | |
| February | [24] Concerto in D for Piano, "Second Coronation" (K. 537) | [9] Joseph II of Austria declares war on Turkey. | |
| March | [19] Adagio in B minor for Keyboard (K. 540) | ||
| April | [15] Anglo-Dutch alliance. | ||
| May | [7] Don Giovanni (K. 527) premieres at Vienna. It will run for 15 performances at the National Court Theater. | [9] British Parliamentary motion for abolition of slave trade. | |
| June | [17] The Mozarts move from the Tuchlauben to the Währingerstrasse in the Alsergrund suburb.
[29] Mozart's fourth child, Theresia, dies of intestinal cramps. |
[22] Trio in E for Piano, Violin and Cello (K. 542)
[26] Symphony in E flat (K. 543) |
[21] United States Constitution is ratified.
Sweden declares war on Russia and invades Finland. |
| July | [21] Josepha Weber, Mozart's sister-in-law, marries Franz Hofer. | [10] Sonata in F for Keyboard and Violin (K. 547)
[14] Trio in C for Piano, Violin and Cello (K. 548) [25] Symphony in G minor (K. 550) [26] Sonata for Keyboard in C, "For Beginners" (K. 545) |
[17] Russia destroys Swedish fleet. |
| August | [10] Symphony in C, "Jupiter" (K. 551) | [8] Louis XVI decides to summon the States-General for May 1789.
[13] Prussia joins the Anglo-Dutch alliance, forming the Triple Alliance. [27] Jacques Necker is recalled as French finance minister. |
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| September | [27] Divertimento in E flat (K. 563) | [13] New York City is declared the federal capital of the United States.
Denmark invades Sweden. |
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| October | [27] Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in G (K. 564) | Joseph II fails to capture Belgrade and returns to Vienna. | |
| November | [6] Denmark and Sweden sign the Convention of Uddevalla.
George III's first derangement. Louis XVI decides to summon the nobles. |
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| December | [14] C.P.E. Bach dies in Hamburg.
[17] Russian army takes Ochákov. |
| Month | Mozart's Life | Compositions | World Events |
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| January | The Mozarts move from the Währingerstrasse to a house on the Judenplatz in the Inner City. | ||
| February | Sonata in B flat for Keyboard (K. 570) | [3] Prince of Wales becomes Regent.
[19] George III recovers. [20] Gustavus III assumes absolute powers in Sweden. |
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| March | [4] First Congress meets at New York. | ||
| April | [8] Mozart and Prince Karl Lichnowsky leave Vienna for northern Germany.
[10] Mozart arrives in Prague. [12] Dresden. [20] Leipzig. [25] Potsdam. |
[7] Accession of Selim III of Turkey.
[30] George Washington becomes first President of the United States. |
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| May | [8] Mozart returns to Leipzig.
[19] Berlin. [26] Mozart performs for Frederick William II. [28] He leaves Berlin. |
Kleine Gigue in G for Keyboard (K. 574) | [5] States-General meets at Versailles. |
| June | [4] Mozart returns to Vienna. | [17] Third Estate in France declares itself a National Assembly and begins to frame a constitution.
[20] Third Estate takes Tennis Court Oath. [27] Union of the three estates in France. |
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| July | Sonata in D for Keyboard (K. 576) | [4] United States become an economic and customs union.
[11] Louis XVI dismisses Jacques Necker. [14] Fall of the Bastille. [17] Jean Bailly becomes mayor of Paris and the Marquis de La Fayette commander of the National Guard. [31] Austrian and Russian troops defeat the Turks at Focshani. |
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| August | [29] Le nozze di Figaro (K. 492) is revived at the Burgtheater. | [4] French feudal system is abolished.
[27] French National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man. |
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| September | [29] Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A (K. 581) | [22] Austrian and Russian troops under the Duke of Coburg defeat Turks at Rimnik. | |
| October | [5-6] March of women to Versailles to move Louis XVI and his court to Paris.
[6] Austrians take Belgrade. [9] Coburg's army takes Bucharest. Emigration of French royalists begins in earnest. Joseph II revokes constitution of Brabant and Hainault; revolution breaks out in Austrian Netherlands. |
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| November | Mozart's fifth child, Anna Maria, is born but dies one hour later. | [2] Church property in France is nationalized.
[12] France is divided into 80 administrative departments. |
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| December | [31] Così fan tutte (K. 588) is rehearsed at Mozart's home. Joseph Haydn attends. | [13] Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium.
[21] Issue of Assignats (paper money) in France. |
| Month | Mozart's Life | Compositions | World Events |
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| January | [21] First orchestral rehearsal of Così fan tutte (K. 588). Haydn again attends.
[26] First performance of Così fan tutte (K. 588) at the Burgtheater. |
Così fan tutte (K. 588) | [31] Prussia withdraws from Russo-Turkish War. |
| February | [20] Joseph II of Austria dies; Leopold II becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
Alexander Hamilton introduces Funding Bill in the United States. |
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| March | [16] Van der Noot drives the Democrats from power in Belgium.
[29] Poland cedes Thorn and Danzig to Prussia. |
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| April | Quartet in D for Strings, "Prussian" (K. 575) | ||
| May | Mozart drafts a petition to request the position of second kapellmeister to the court. | Quartet in B flat for Strings, "Prussian" (K. 589) | |
| June | [6] Mozart visits Constanze at Baden, where she is taking the cure. | Quartet in F for Strings, "Prussian" (K. 590) | Austria and Prussia sign a treaty under which Frederick William II abandons his aggressive policy over Belgium, Sweden, Poland and Turkey. |
| July | [12] Civil constitution of the French clergy.
[14] Festival of the Champ de Mars, Paris. Louis XVI accepts the constitution. |
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| August | [14] Treaty of Verela ends Swedish-Russian war.
[31] Mutiny is suppressed in Nancy. |
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| September | [23] Mozart sets out for Frankfort am Main for the coronation of Leopold II. Franz Hofer accompanies him.
[28] They arrive in Frankfort. |
[10] Jacques Necker resigns as French finance minister. | |
| October | [15] Mozart performs a "grand concert" at Frankfort.
[16] He travels to Mainz, where he performs another concert. [23] He arrives in Mannheim. [28] Augsburg. [29] Munich. |
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| November | [10] Mozart returns to Vienna, where he joins his family in their new lodgings in the Rauhensteingasse. | [27] French clergy required to take oath to support the civil constitution. | |
| December | [14] Mozart attends a farewell dinner for Haydn in Vienna. | Quintet in D for Strings (K. 593)
Adagio and Allegro in F minor for a Mechanical Organ (K. 594) |
[2] Austrians re-enter Brussels and suppress the revolution.
[10] Austria renounces scheme for exchanging Bavaria and the Netherlands. [22] Alexander Suvorov captures Ismail from the Turks. |
| Month | Mozart's Life | Compositions | World Events |
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| January | [5] Concerto in B flat for Piano (K. 595) | [30] Honoré Mirabeau is elected President of the French Assembly. | |
| February | Prussia and Austria guarantee a free constitution for Poland. | ||
| March | [3] Fantasia for a Mechanical Organ in F minor (K. 608) | ||
| April | [25] Mozart petitions the Vienna city council for the post of cathedral kapellmeister at St. Stephen's. | [12] Quintet in E flat for Strings (K. 614) | [2] Death of Mirabeau.
[18] Paris mob prevents Louis XVI from going to St. Cloud. |
| May | [9] The city council decrees that Mozart will be the unpaid assistant to the cathedral kapellmeister; he will presumably take over the post when it "shall fall vacant." | [4] Andante in F for a Small Mechanical Organ (K. 616)
[23] Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello (K. 617) |
[3] Polish constitution converts elective into a hereditary monarchy. |
| June | [4] Constanze departs with son Karl to Baden to take the cure.
[8] Mozart visits Constanze, interrupting his visit for a brief return to Vienna. |
[17] Motet in D, "Ave verum Corpus" (K. 618) | [20-25] Louix XVI attempts to flee France, but is turned back at Varennes and taken to Paris. |
| July | [9-11] Mozart visits Constanze; they return with Karl to Vienna.
[26] Mozart's sixth child, Franz Xaver Wolfgang, is born. |
[6] Leopold II of Austria issues letter calling on powers to support Louis XVI.
[17] Massacre of Champ de Mars by Marquis de La Fayette restores order in Paris. |
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| August | [25] Mozart, Constanze and Franz Xaver Süssmayer set out for Prague for the coronation of Leopold II.
[28] They arrive in Prague. |
[4] Peace of Sistova; Turkey cedes Orsova to Austria.
[27] Declaration of Pillnitz; Austria and Prussia state they are ready to intervene in French affairs. |
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| September | [2] Mozart probably conducts a festival performance of Don Giovanni (K. 527) in Prague; the emperor attends.
[6] Mozart conducts the premiere of La clemenza di Tito (K. 621). Mozart, Constanze and Süssmayer return to Vienna. [30] Die Zauberflöte (K. 620) premieres at Freihaus Theater in suburban Vienna. |
[5] La clemenza di Tito (K. 621)
[28] Die Zauberflöte (K. 620) |
[3] French Constitution is passed by the National Assembly.
[4] France annexes Avignon. [30] National Assembly is dissolved. |
| October | [7] Constanze return to Baden.
[15] Mozart arrives in Baden to bring her home. |
Concerto in A for Clarinet (K. 622) | [1] French Legislative Assembly meets at Paris. Girondist Party urges war against Austria. |
| November | [18] Mozart conducts his cantata "Laut verkunde unsre Freude" (K. 623) for the dedication of his Masonic lodge's new temple.
[20] Mozart takes to his bed. [28] His doctors, Thomas Franz Closset and Matthia von Sallaba, meet to discuss his condition. |
[15] Cantata, "Laut verkunde unsre Freude" (K. 623) | [9] Louis XVI vetoes a decree of the Assembly demanding return of the émigrés. |
| December | [5] Mozart dies at five minutes before 1 a.m.
[6] After being blessed in front of the Crucifix Chapel of St. Stephen's, Mozart's body is buried in a common grave in the cemetery at St. Marx. |
Requiem in D minor (K. 626) (unfinished) | [15] United States Bill of Rights is ratified. |
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