| 1712 |
The family van Beethoven is of Flemish origin. Beethoven grandfather was a choirboy in
Mecheln, director |
| 1733 |
貝多芬的祖父遷移到波昂定居。 |
| 1740 |
貝多芬的父親約翰大約於 1740 年出生。 |
| 1770 |
12 月 17 日，貝多芬在出生地波昂受洗。 |
| 1778 |
His first appearance in an academy concert at Cologne. Beethoven was meant to have
similar successes like Mozart as a child prodigy, but his father𠏋 tuition was not very
successful and Beethoven𠏋 very nature was not destined for such a career. |
| 1782 |
克里斯提安•戈特洛布•內費成為貝多芬的啟蒙師。Beethoven
found in him an ideal tutor who taught him piano and music theory with pedagogical
insight. |
| 1787 |
第一次到訪維也納，但因母親病危，便急忙趕回波昂。母親過世後，父親酗酒的情形更為嚴重。 |
| 1792 |
11 月時第二次到訪維也納。 He got
instruction from Joseph Haydn, Johann Baptist Schenk and Antonio Salieri. Two years later
French troops occupied the Palatinate in Cologne. This meant that an employment in the
Court Chapel was no longer possible for Beethoven and a return to Bonn was out of the
question. |
| 1793 |
貝多芬跟隨海頓到訪 Eisenstadt。 |
| 1798 |
聽力開始惡化。 |
| 1802 |
10 月 6 日，貝多芬寫下了著名的「聖城遺書」，透露出他內心因聽障產生的憤怒。 |
| 1804 |
創作第三號交響曲「英雄」。
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| 1808 |
12 月 22 日，第五號及第六號交響曲在維也納劇院舉行首演。 |
| 1809 |
3 月 1 日
Archduke Rudolph, Prince Franz Joseph Lobkowitz and Ferdinand Kinsky sign a contract which
guarantees Beethoven a life-long pension of 4,000 Gulden (florins). Vienna is besieged by
Napoleon𠏋 troops. |
| 1812 |
創作第七號交響曲。
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| 1815 |
在維也納國會舉行音樂會。弟弟卡爾過世，貝多芬成為姪兒的監護人。 |
| 1819 |
完全失聰，開始用筆談。貝多芬的 400 冊對話簿現僅存 137 冊，從這些對話簿中可以觀察到貝多芬的日常生活情形。 |
| 1824 |
第九號交響曲在維也納 Kärtnertortheater
首演。 |
| 1827 |
Liver cirrhosis, 4 operations. Death on the late afternoon of March 26th.
On March 29th he is buried at the Cemetery of Währing. The funeral is attended by
more than 20,000 people. A funeral oration by Grillparzer is read by actor Heinrich
Anschütz. |