Music Premiere
Feb 2 Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice
Music History
Oct 5 Carl Maria von Weber visits Ludwig van Beethoven
- Dec 13 Gioachino Rossini arrives in London
Theater Premiere
Dec 20 Play "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" by Helmina von Chézy with incidental music by Franz Schubert premieres in Vienna