- Apr 8 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda" premieres in Milan
Music History
Apr 22 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completes his ballet "Swan Lake"
Music History
Aug 13 The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
- Aug 16 Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth
- Aug 17 Richard Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth
Music Premiere
Nov 4 Johannes Brahms' 1st Symphony in C premieres in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
- Nov 17 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March makes its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception