Feb 7 Domenico Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" premieres in Vienna Feb 23 Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G premieres Apr 25 "La Marseillaise", later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg Jul 30 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time Music History Dec 12 In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn Composer Ludwig van Beethoven 1791 Events in Music by Year 1794