| Date | Berlioz | Music | France | Technology |
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| 1803 | Birth
at Cote St Andre 11th December |
Prix de Rome founded Adolphe Adam born |
Trevithick builds the first steam locomotive. | |
| 1804 | Napolean crowned Emperor of France. Napoleon's Civil Code | |||
| 1805 | Mozart's Don Giovanni performed in Paris | Jacquard invents punched card weaving loom. | ||
| 1806 | Birth of sister Nanci | La Madelaine built, representing links from Napoleon to Rome. | ||
| 1807 | Birth of sister Louise | Arc de Triomphe under construction. | ||
| 1808 | France invades Spain | |||
| 1809 | Haydn died | Food canning process developed. | ||
| 1810 | Chopin born Schumann born |
First food tin can patented. | ||
| 1811 | Liszt born | Luddites destroy mechanical looms in Britain. | ||
| 1812 | Retreat from Moscow | Grimms fairy Tales published. | ||
| 1813 | Wagner, Alkan, Verdi born | |||
| 1814 | Birth of sister Adele. Birth of Marie Recio (nee Martin) |
Allied invasion of France. Napoleon's first exile to Elba | Stethoscope invented by Renee Laennec | |
| 1815 | Valved brass instruments introduced by Stoelzel. | Battle of Waterloo Napoleon exiled to St Helena |
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| 1816 | Cherubini appointed Professor of Composition | Kaleidoscope invented. | ||
| 1817 | Halary introduces ophicleide as bass instrument for brass replacing the serpent. | |||
| 1818 | Gounod born. Le Seuer starts to teach composition at the Conservatoire. |
Frankenstein published. | ||
| 1819 | Alkan enters conservatoire, aged 6. | |||
| 1820 | Birth of brother Prospero | Modern form of Trousers for men introduced. | ||
| 1821 | Berlioz enroles at medical School in Paris | Gluck's Iphegenie en Tauride in Paris. Harmonica invented. |
Death of Napoleon | |
| 1822 | Cesar Franck born. Cherubini appointed Director of the Conservatoire. |
Rosetta Stone deciphered. | Goya's painting The witches Sabbath |
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| 1823 | Berlioz composes The Crossing of the Red Sea. First article published. |
Lalo born Arpeggione invented by Stauffer |
First game of Rugby! | |
| 1824 | Berlioz receives instruction in Composition from Leseur. Messe Solenelle rehearsals |
Der Freischutz performed in Paris Beethoven's Ninth Rossini becomes Director of the Theatre Italien |
Death of Louis XVIII | Braille system devised. Portland cement invented. |
| 1825 | 1st performance of Messe Solenelle | Almenrader & Heckel improve the design of the Bassoon. | Pepys publishes his Diaries. | |
| 1826 | Enrols at Conservatoire: Leseur - Composition Reicha - Counterpoint |
Death of Weber Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream. |
Invention of photographic Camera by Niepce | |
| 1827 | Berlioz sees Harriet Smithson as Ophelia in Garrick version of Hamlet | Death of Beethoven | Striking matches invented. | |
| 1828 | Berlioz hears Beethoven's 3rd & 5th Symphonies. Premieres of: Les Franc Juges; Waverley |
Inaugral Concert of the Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. Schubert dies. |
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| 1829 | Neuf Melodies Writes first article for Le Correspondant |
Glass feeding bottles for babies introduced. | ||
| 1830 | Premiere of Symphony Fantastique falls in love with Camille Moke Wins Prix de Rome |
Can-can becomes popular in Paris. | Louis Philippe, duc d'Orleans becomes King of France | |
| 1831 | At Rome, composes: Le Roi Lear; Rob Roy McGregor; Lelio. |
Premiere of Norma at La Scala. | Camille Moke marries Camille Pleyel | Research ship Beagle sets sail. Faraday works on electromagnetic induction. |
| 1832 | Harriet Smithson attends premiere of Lelio and hears the Symphonie Fantastique | Premiere of Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1. | Outbreak of Cholera in Europe. | |
| 1833 | Harriet Smithson breaks leg on alighting from a carriage. Berlioz & Harriet Smithson marry. |
Brahms born. | First telegraph invented by Gauss & Weber | |
| 1834 | Birth of Berlioz's son Louis. Paganini commissions Harold in Italy |
Boildieu dies. | ||
| 1835 | Berlioz receives last income from the Prix de Rome. | Medelssohn St Paul Saint-saens born. Bellini dies. |
Hans Christian Anderson publishes his Fairy Tales. | |
| 1836 | Benvenuto Cellini | Delibes born. | Arc de Triomphe built | |
| 1837 | Grande messe des morts | Queen Victoria's Coronation. | ||
| 1838 | Premiere of Benvenuto Cellini |
Bizet born. | Steamship Great Western crosses the Atlantic. Morse code devised. |
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| 1839 | Berlioz appointed Associate Librarian at the Conservatoire. Death of Berlioz's brother Prospero Berlioz awarded Legion d'Honneur Premiere of Romeo & Juliette |
Premiere of Schubert's C major Symphony. |
Darwin publishes his work on the Beagle. Self powered bicycle invented |
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| 1840 | Premiere of Symphony funebre et Triomphale |
Death of Paganini. Birth of Tchaikovsky Improvements made to Clarinet. |
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| 1841 | Les Nuits d'Ete Berlioz meets Marie Recio |
First Caville-Coll organ installed in St Denis. Adolphe Sax invents the saxophone. Chabrier born. Giselle |
Napolean's remains transferred to Les Invalides | |
| 1842 | Berlioz gives first foreign concert in Brussels | Rossini's Stabat Mater Wagner's Rienzi |
Death of Louis Philipe | First phosphate fertilisers manufactured. |
| 1843 | Carnaval Romain Grande Traite d'Instrumentation published |
Grieg born. | Vulcanised rubber invented by Goodyear | |
| 1844 | Telegraph improved by Samuel Morse | |||
| 1845 | Le Corsair premiered as La Tour de Nice | Massenet born. Faure born. |
Irish potato famine. | |
| 1846 | Sewing machine invented. | |||
| 1847 | Berlioz gives concerts in Russia, Germany and London | James Young discovers the anaesthetic properties of Chloroform | ||
| 1848 | Berlioz's father dies. Harriet Smithson suffers a stroke |
Paris Uprising | ||
| 1849 | Harriet suffers continuing strokes | Habeneck dies. Chopin dies. |
Staunton chess set design. | |
| 1850 | Berlioz appointed Head Librarian at Conservatoire. Berlioz's sister Nanci dies. La fuite en Egypte. |
Ophicleide replaced by tuba as bass instrument for brass section. | Skipping rope becomes popular with children. | |
| 1851 | D'Indy born. | Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. | ||
| 1852 | Berlioz publishes Les Soirees de l'Orchestre |
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| 1853 | Messager born. Premiere of Verdi' La Traviata | David Livingstone explores Africa. | ||
| 1854 | Death of Hariet Smithson. Premiere of L'Enfance du Christ Marries Marie Recio |
Florence Nightingale in Crimea. | ||
| 1855 | Premieres of: Te Deum; L'Imperial |
Chausson born. | Use of screws becomes popular. | |
| 1856 | Completes Orchestration of Les Nuits d'Ete. Elected to a chair at the Institute. |
First Steinway Grand piano produced. Adolphe Adam dies. Schumann dies. |
Bessemer process for making steel invented. Neanderthal man discovered in the Rhineland |
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| 1858 | Berlioz meets Wagner in Paris. Completes Les Troyens. |
Monkey wrench invented by Charles Moncky. | ||
| 1859 | Flying trapeze introduced. First internal combustion engine developed, running on gas. |
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| 1860 | Adele dies Isaac Albeniz born |
Gustave Charpentier born. | Paris Opera built. | Pasteur invents pasteurisation for the preservation of food. |
| 1861 | Composes Le Temple Universel Finishes Beatrice & Benedict. |
Velocipede invented. | ||
| 1862 | Death of Marie Recio. Berlioz makes acquaintance of Amelie. Premiere of Beatrice & Benedict. Debussy born |
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| 1863 | Premiere of Les Troyens a Carthage. |
First London underground line opened as the Metropolitan Line. | ||
| 1864 | Berlioz resigns from Jounal des Debats Visits Estelle in Dauphine. |
Geneva convention drafted and Red Cross Organisation founded. | ||
| 1865 | Sterilisation of surgical instruments introduced. | |||
| 1866 | First Trans-Atlantic cable laid. | |||
| 1867 | Berlioz meets Tchaikovsky. Koechlin born |
Queensbury rules for boxing introduced. Nobel invents dynamite. |
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| 1868 | Remington invents typewriter | |||
| 1869 | Berlioz dies and is buried in Montmartre. Satie born. | Gounod's Faustproduced in Paris. | Suez Canal opened. Mendeleev publishes his periodic table. |