Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

3 January: FELIKS OSTROWSKI = Polish composer = [died: 1860]
6 February: CHARLES WHEATSTONE = English physicist/musician = [died: 1875]
20 February: CHARLES-AUGUSTE DE BERIOT = Belgian violinist/composer = [died: 1870]
26 February: VICTOR HUGO = French author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) = [died: 1885]
3 March: ADOLPHE NOURRIT = French operatic tenor = [died: 1839]
1 April: HUBERT REIS = German violinist and composer = [died: 1886]
27 April: ABRAHAM LOUIS NIEDERMEYER = Swiss composer = [died: 1861]
31 May: CESARE PUGNI = Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist = [died: 1870]
3 July: JOSEPH LABITZKY = Bohemian composer, violinist, and conductor = [died: 1881]
12 July: CHARLES-LOUIS HANSSENS = Belgian composer, violinist and conductor = [died: 1871]
15 July: JOHN BARNETT = English composer = [died: 1890]
27 July: IDA HENRIETTE DA FONSECA = Danish opera singer (alto) and composer = [died: 1858]
27 July: BENEDIKT RANDHARTINGER = Austrian singer and composer = [died: 1893]
7 October: WILHELM BERNHARD MOLIQUE = German violinist and composer = [died: 1869]