The Timeline is designed to allow users to view the important events in the development of the symphony in their proper historical context.
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1800-1849
1803: Hector Berlioz born
1804: Beethoven 'Eroica' Symphony
1809: Haydn dies
1809: Felix Mendelssohn born
1810: Robert Schumann born
1813: Richard Wagner born
1819: Beethoven becomes totally deaf
1822: Cesar Franck born
1824: Anton Bruckner born
1829: Mendelssohn revives Bach's St Matthew Passion
1832: Berlioz - 'Symphonie Fantastique', revised version
1833: Johannes Brahms born
1835: Camille Saint-Saens born
1840: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky born
1841: Schumann - Symphonies 1 & 4
1841: Antonin Dvorak born