| 1860 | July 7 — born in Kalište, Bohemia | ||
| Wagner: Tannhäuser (Paris) | 1861 | Civil War, USA - until 1865 | |
| Verdi: La forza del destino | 1862 | Bismarck Chancellor of Prussia Hugo: Les Misérables |
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| Bruckner: 1st Symphony | 1864 | Karl Marx founds the 1st International Matterhorn climbed 1st transatlantic cable |
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| Thomas: Mignon Smetana: The Bartered Bride |
1866 | Dostoyevski: Crime and Punishment | |
| Verdi: Don Carlo J. Strauß: Blue Danube Waltz |
1867 | Emperor Franz-Josef (until 1916) Ibsen: Peer Gynt Marx + Engels: Das Kapital |
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| Brahms: A German Requiem | 1868 | Dostoyevski: The Idiot | |
| 1869 | Suez Canal opened Tolstoy: War and Peace |
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| Wagner: Die Walküre | 1870 | plays in piano recital in Jihlava | Papal infallibility proclaimed Franco-Prussian War Schliemann in Troy |
| Verdi: Aïda | 1871 | ||
| Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov J. Strauß: Die Fledermaus |
1874 | ||
| Bizet: Carmen | 1875 | begins studies at the Vienna Conservatory |
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| 1st Bayreuth Festival | 1876 | Telephone invented | |
| Wagner: Parsifal Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah |
1877 | Phonograph invented | |
| Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | 1879 | light bulb invented Ibsen: A Doll's House Dostoyevski: The Brothers Karamasov |
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| 1880 | Conductor, Bad Hall Das klagende Lied |
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| Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann | 1881 | 1st Kapellmeister, Lyubliana | Czar Alexander II assassinated Panama Canal St. Gotthard Tunnel opened |
| Brahms: 3rd Symphony Met opened Concertgebouw founded |
1883 | Conductor, Kassel sees Parsifal in Bayreuth |
Daimler's auto motor patented Nietzsche: Also sprach Zarathustra Stevenson: Treasure Island |
| Massenet: Manon Bruckner: 8th Symphony |
1884 | Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | Pasteur immunizes for rabies |
| J. Strauß: Der Zigeunerbaron Brahms: 4th Symphony |
1885 | Conductor, Prague | |
| 1886 | Conductor, Leipzig | ||
| Borodin: Prince Igor Verdi: Otello |
1887 | Marconi sends radio messages | |
| Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony | 1888 | Director, Budapest 1st Symphony |
Emperor Wilhelm II (until 1918) Van Gogh: The Sunflowers |
| R. Strauss: Don Juan Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch |
1889 | Boer War begins Eiffel Tower |
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| Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana R. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame |
1890 | Trip to Italy with Justine | |
| Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch | 1891 | 1st Kapellmeister, Hamburg, until 1897 Scandinavia trip |
Doyle: Sherlock Holmes |
| Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune |
1892 | Guest performances in London | |
| Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel Puccini: Manon Lescaut Verdi: Falstaff Tchaikovsky: 6th Symphony |
1893 | ||
| Dvorák: 9th Symphony | 1894 | 2nd Symphony | Czar Nicholas II crowned Kipling: The Jungle Book |
| R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel | 1895 | X-rays discovered | |
| Puccini: La Bohème Wolf: Der Corregidor |
1896 | 3rd Symphony | |
| R. Strauss: Don Quixote | 1897 | becomes a Catholic Director, Vienna Hofoper, until 1907 |
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| Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht |
1899 | buys property in Maiernigg | |
| Puccini: Tosca Charpentier: Louise |
1900 | 4th Symphony Paris Tour with the Philharmonic |
Zeppelin builds dirigible |
| Schönberg: Gurrelieder | 1901 | Engagement to Alma Schindler | Planck's Quantum Theory |
| Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande | 1902 | Marriage to Alma Schindler 5th Symphony |
Radium discovered |
| 1903 | Tristan with Roller | First flight of the Wright brothers | |
| Puccini: Madame Butterfly | 1904 | 6th Symphony | Russo-Japanese War Tchechov: The Cherry Orchard Barrie: Peter Pan |
| Debussy: La Mer R. Strauss: Salome Lehár: The Merry Widow |
1905 | 7th Symphony | Freud introduces psychoanalysis Einstein's Theory of Relativity |
| 1906 | 8th Symphony | ||
| 1907 | Daughter Maria dies Last performance in Vienna |
first radio broadcast of music | |
| 1908 | Conductor, Metropolitan Opera, until 1911 | ||
| R. Strauss: Elektra | 1909 | Das Lied von der Erde Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
Molnar: Liliom |
| Ravel: Daphnis und Chloë Stravinsky: The Firebird |
1910 | 9th Symphony begins the 10th Symphony Meeting with Freud |
Whitehead: Principia Mathematica |
| R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Stravinsky: Petrushka Bartok: Herzog Blaubarts Burg |
1911 | May 18 dies in Vienna |
Amundsen reaches the South Pole |
| Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos |
1912 | Titanic sinks |