TIMELINE OF MOZART’S LIFE

TIMELINE OF MOZART’S LIFE

1751     —     Wolfie’s sister, Nannerl, is born
1756     —     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born January 27, in Salzburg, Austria
1759     —     Wolfie learns to play the clavier at age three
1760     —     Wolfie composes his very first melodies¹
1762     —     Wolfie teaches himself to play the violin; Wolfie and Nannerl are invited to play for Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna
1763     —     Wolfie and Nannerl perform in Germany, Belgium, France, and England; the artist Lorenzoni paints the children’s portraits
1765     —     Wolfie composes his first symphony², Symphony in E-flat, while in England
1768     —     Wolfie writes his first opera
1770     —     Mozart hears Allegri’s Miserere at the St. Peter’s Cathedral and writes it out from memory

1777     —     Mozart falls in love with Aloysia Weber
1778     —     Mozart writes the Paris Symphony; Mozart’s mother Maria Anna dies
1780     —     Mozart is commissioned to write the opera Idomeneo, King of Crete
1782     —     Mozart marries Constanze Weber
1784     —     Mozart’s son Karl Thomas is born
1786     —     The Marriage of Figaro opens at the Grand Opera House in Vienna
1787     —     Mozart composes Don Giovanni; Papa Leopold dies
1791     —     Mozart’s son Franz Xaver is born; Mozart writes The Magic Flute, a mysterious stranger delivers a letter to Mozart commissioning a requiem; Mozart dies on December 5

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD
French and Indian War begins     —     1754

Lisbon (Portugal) Earthquake kills 30,000 people     —     1755

The modern sandwich is created by the Fourth Earl of Sandwich     —     1762

John Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny, making it possible to weave raw fibers into thread faster than ever before     —     1764
Mapmaker John Spilsbury creates the first jigsaw puzzle     —     1767

James Watts patents the steam engine     —     1769
Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France     —     1770
The first edition of Encyclopedia Britannica is published     —     1771

The waltz becomes a fashionable dance in Vienna     —     1773
American Revolution begins; Daniel Boone begins clearing the Wilderness Road into Kentucky     —     1775
James Cook discovers Hawaii     —     1778
Astronomer Frederick William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus     —     1781
The first successful hot-air balloon flight is recorded in Paris     —     1783
Benjamin Franklin invents bifocal glasses     —     1784

The Pennsylvania Quakers emancipate their slaves     —     1788
The French Revolution begins; George Washington is elected president of the United States     —     1789

1 melodies   

曲调( melody的名词复数 )； 旋律； 乐曲的音符编排； 美妙的音乐

参考例句：

• The two melodies are played in counterpoint. 用对位法来演奏这两首曲调。
• And now for your further delectation, we present a selection of popular melodies. 为使你们更加愉快，我们奉献给你们一组精选的流行歌曲。

2 symphony   

n.交响乐（曲），（色彩等的）和谐

参考例句：

• The Ninth Symphony of Beethoven is a famous one.贝多芬的第九交响乐非常有名。
• They play over the whole symphony.他们把整个交响乐重新演奏了一遍。