- Mar 7 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
Missa Solemnis
Apr 7 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg, Russia
- May 7 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
Rossini Becomes Theater Manager
Jul 30 Italian composer Gioachino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian in Paris, France