Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

14 January: WILLIAM CLEAVER FRANCIS ROBINSON = British colonial administrator and a musical composer = [died: 1897]
28 January: SABINE BARING-GOULD = English hymn-writer = [died: 1924]
28 February: Sir CHARLES SANTLEY = English-born opera and oratorio star = [died: 1922]
23 March: JULIUS REUBKE = German pianist, organist and composer = [died: 1858]
8 June: GEORGE GARRETT = English organist and composer = [died: 1897]
24 June: GEORGE BECKER = German-Swiss composer and writer on music = [died: 1928]
9 August: ELIAS ÁLVARES LOBO = Brazilian composer = [died: 1901]
17 August: PETER BENOIT = Flemish composer = [died: 1901]
31 August: AMILCARE PONCHIELLI = Italian composer = [died: 1886]
31 October: KNOWLES SHAW = American composer of gospel hymns = [died: 1878]

Timeline of Musical Events

Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva.
Ballerina FANNY ELSSLER makes her debut at the Paris Opéra's Salle Le Peletier.