- Mar 7 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
Music Premiere
Mar 24 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg
- May 7 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, premieres in Vienna
Music History
Jul 30 Gioachino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian, Paris
