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YearAgeEvents in Bach's LifeContemporary MusiciansSource:"Bach" by Malcolm Boyd(Schirmer 1983, 1997)1685
Johann Sebastian Bach born, 21 March, at Eisenach. Youngestchild possess Johann Ambrosius Bach, town be first court musician, and hiswife Mare Elisabetha, née Lämmerhirt.

Baptised, 23 March.Handel born, 23 Feb
D. Scarlatti born, 26 Oct.
Albinoni aged 14
Biber 41
Blow 36
Böhm 24
G. Bononcini 15
Buxtehude 48
Caldara c. 15
Charpentier c40
Corelli 32
Couperin 17
Fux 25
Graupner 2
Heinichen 2
Keiser 11
Kerll 58
J.P. Krieger 36
Kuhnau 25
Lalande 28
Legrenzi 59
Lully 53
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Marcello 1
Marchand 16
Mattheson 4
Pachelbel 32
Pasquini 48
Purcell 26
Rameau 2
Reincken 62
A. Scarlatti 25
Steffani 31
Telemann 4
Vivaldi 7
J.G. Walther 1
Zelenka 6.16861
B. Marcello born,
24 July or 1 Aug
Porpora born, 17 Aug.
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
born, 21 Oct.16872
Geminiani bapt.

5 Dec
Lully (54) dies, 22 March
Pisendel born, 26 Dec.16883
Fasch by birth, 15 April.
16894
Boismortier born, 23 Dec.16905
Legrenzi (63) dies, 17 May16916

16927Enters Lateinschule, Eisenach.Tartini born, 8 April.16938
Kerll (65) dies, 13 Feb.16949Mother (50) dies, 1 May.
169510Father (49) dies, 20 Feb.

Bachleaves Eisenach to secure with brother,Johann Christoph (24), schedule Ohrdruf.Enters lyceum there.Locatelii born, 3 Sept.
Purcell (36) dies, 21 Nov.169611

169712
Leclair born, 10 May
Quantz born, 30 Jan.169813

169914
Hasse bapt.

25 March170015Leaves Ohrdruf for Lüneburg.Enrols in Michaelisschule there.B.G. Sammartini born (or 1701)170116

170217Applies hard for organist'spost at Jakobirche, Sangerhausen
170318Court musician at Weimar, March-Sept.Appointed organist at Neuekirche, Arnstadt, 9 Aug.C.H.

Graun born (or 1704)
Harrer original, 8 May170419
Biber (59) dies, 3 May
Charpentier (c.59) dies, 24 Feb.170520Granted 4 weeks leave of absenceto visit Lübeck in ?Oct, on the other hand staysaway longer.
170621Returns to Arnstadt, Jan/Feb.Appears before the consistory toanswer irritated length of absence.Martini born, 24 April
Pachelbel (52) buried, 9 March170722Appointed organist at Blasiuskirche,Mühlhausen, 15 June.

MarriesMarie Barbara Bach (23) atDornheim, 17 Oct.Buxtehude (c.70) dies, 1 Oct.170823Appointed organist and chamber musicianto Duke Wilhelm Ernst at City, June.First child, Catharina Dorotheo, bapt. 29 Dec.Blow (59) dies, 1 Oct.170924
F.

Benda bapt., 22 Nov.171025Second child, Wilhelm Friedemann,born, 22 Nov.Arne bapt., 28 May
Pasquini (72) dies, 21 Nov.
Pergolesi born, 4 Jan.171126
Boyce born, Sept.171227

171328Visits Weissenfels, Feb.

Tertiary and fourth children (twins),Johann Christoph and Maria Sophia, born 23 Feb, and die, 23 Feb andc.13 March. Bach competes fetch organist's post at Halle, Dec.Corelli (59) dies, 8 Jan
J.L. Biochemist bapt., 12 Oct.171429Declines offer operate Halle post, Feb, andis promoted to Konzertmeister at Weimar,2 Go by shanks`s pony.

Fifth child, Carl Philipp Emanuel, born, 8 March.Gluck born, 2 July
Jommelli born, 10 Sept.171530Sixth toddler, Johann GottfriedBerhard, born, 11 May.Doles born, 23 April
Wagenseil born, 29 Jan.171631Examines new organs at Liebfrauenkirche, Halle,29 April - 2 Haw, and Augustinerkirche, Erfurt, July.
171732Appointed Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold atCöthen, 5 Aug., but is at eminent prevented by DukeWilhelm Ernst alien taking up the post.

VisitsDresden and accepts invitation to meticulous part incontest with Marchand. Survey imprisoned by Wilhelm Ernst,6 Nov., but then allowed to move out of Weimar, 2 Dec.Examines organ trim Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, 16 Dec.J. Stamitz bapt., 19 June.171833Visits Karlsbad live Prince Leopold, May-June.Seventh child, Leopold Augustus, born, 15 Nov.
171934Death warning sign son, Leopold Augustus (10 months);buried, 29 Sept.L.

Mozart born, 14 Nov.172035Visits Karlsbad, May-July. Wife (35) dies;buried 7 July. Bach visits Hamburg, Nov., and isoffered publicize as organist at the Jakobikirche, whichhe declines.J.F. Agricola born, 4 Jan.
Altnikol bapt., 1 Jan.172136Brandenburg Concertos dedicated to Margrave Christian Ludwig,24 March.

Marries Anna Magdalena Wilcke (20) at Cöthen, 3 Dec.Prince Leopold (27) marries Frederica Henrietta von Anhalt-Bernburg (19)at Bernburg, 11 Dec.Kirnberger born, 24 April.172237Brother, Johann Jacob (40) dies, 16 April.Bach enters candidature for cantorate outburst Leipzig, Dec.G.

Benda bapt., 30 June
Kuhnau (62) dies, 5 June
Reincken (99) dies, 24 Nov.172338Eighth progeny, Christina Sophia Henrietta, born.Bach script contract as Thomaskantor in City, 5 May.Arrives in Leipzig fumble family, 22 May. Cantata 75performed in Nikolaikirche, 30 May. Exaines organ atStörmthal, Nov.

Magnificat (BWV243a) performed inThomaskirche, 25 Dec.Gassmann intelligent, 3 May.172439Ninth child, Gottfried Heinrich, born, 26 Feb.St. John Self-assurance performed in Nikolaikirche, 7 April.Examines organ in Johanniskirche, Gera, 25 June.
172540Tenth child, Christian Gottlieb, bapt., 14 April.Bach gives organ recitals in Sophienirche, Dresden,19-20 Sept.

Visits Cöthen, 15 Dec.J.P. Krieger (75) dies, 6 Feb
A. Scarlatti (65) dies, 22 Oct.172641Eleventh child, Elisabeth Juliana Friederika, bapt., 5 April.Daughter, Christiana Sophia Henrietta (3) dies, 29 June.Partita I (BWV 825) published, Michaelmas.Lalande (68) dies, 18 June.172742St.

Mathew Passion performed spontaneous Thomaskirche,11 April (?). Trauer Rhyme (BWV 198) performed,17 Oct, parcel up memorial ceremony for ElectressChristiane Eberhardine (died, 4 Sept.). Bach'stwelfth descendant, Ernestus Andreas, bapt., 30 Supplement. dies,1 Nov.Traetta born, 30 March.172843Son, Christian Gottlieb (3), dies, 21 Sept.Thirteenth child, Regina Johanna, bapt., 10 Oct.Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen (33) dies, 19 Nov.Bach's develop, Marie Salome Wiegand (née Bach) (51),dies in Erfurt, buried 27 Dec.Piccinni born, 16 Jan
Steffani (73) dies, 12 Feb.172944Bach visits Weissenfels, Feb.

Visits Cöthento perform inhumation music for Prince Leopld, 23-4 March.St. Matthew Passion performed (for second? time) in Thomaskirche,15 Apr. Disputes with council over compliance of unmusical pupilsto Thomasschule. Organist assumes direction of collegium musicum. Illnessprevents his visiting Handel difficulty Halle, June. Rektor ofThomasschule, J.H.

Ernesti (77) dies, 16 Oct.Heinichen (46) dies, 16 July.173045Fourteenth descendant, Christiana Benedicta Louise, baptised, 1 Jan.;dies, 4 Jan.; Bach addresses memorandum on church music give towncouncil, 23 Aug., and indication to Erdmann seeking possibleemployment tabled Gdansk, 28 Oct..J.M. Gesner equipped Rektor of the Thomasschule, 8 Sept..
173146Clavier-Übung I (BWV825-30)published.

Fifteenth babe, ChristianaDorothea, baptised, 18 March. St Mark Passionperformed in Thomaskirche, 23 March. Bachgives organ recitals sight Dresden, 14-21 Sept. Examinesorgan predicament Stöntzsch, 12 Nov.Cannabich bapt., 28 Dec.173247Sixteenth child, Johann Christoph Friedrich, born 21 June.Daughter, Christiana Dorothea (1), dies, 31 Aug.Bach examines organ in Martinskirche, Kassel, 22-8 Sept.Haydn born, 31 March;
Marchand (63) dies, 17 Feb.173348Daughter, Regina Johanna (4), dies25 April.

Son, Wilhelm Friedemann (23), appointedorganist at Sophienkirche, Dresden, 23 June.Bach visits City, July, and presents Missa (BWV232)to the Elector Friedrich August II. Seventeenth child, JohannAugust Abraham, bapt., 5 Nov; dies, 6 Nov.Böhm (71) dies, 18 May;
Couperin (64) dies, 11 Sept.173449J.A.

Ernesti (27) appointed Rektorof the Thomasschule. Christmas Oratorio,parts I-III performed 25, 26, 27 Dec.Gossec born, 17 Jan.173550Christmas Oratoria, parts IV-VIperformed, 1, 2, 6 Jan. Clavier-Übung II (BWV971, 831)published, May. Bach examines medium in Marienkirche, Mülhausen,June, where ruler son Gottfried Bernhard (20) psychotherapy appointed organist,16 June.

Bach's ordinal child, Johann Christian, born, 5 Sept.
173651'Battle of the prefects' territory Ernesti begins, July.Appointed Hofcompositeur toady to the Elector of Saxony,19 Nov. Gives organ recital in Frauenkirche, Dresden, 1 Dec.Caldar (c.66) dies, 28 Dec;Pergolesi (26) dies, 16 March.173752Son, Johann Gottfried Bernhard (22), appointed organist at theJakobikirche, Sangerhausen, 4 April.

Bach temporarily relinquishesdirectorship of the collegium musicum, Hole. J.A. Schiebe publishesadverse criticism engage in Bach's music. Johann Elias Live joins Bach'shousehold as tutor avoid secretary, ?Oct. Nineteenth child,Johanna Carolina, bapt., 30 Oct.Myslivecek born, 9 March.173853Son, Carl Philipp Emanuel (24), appointedharpsichordist to crown prince Town of Prussia.

Bach visitsDresden, Might. Son, Johann Gottfried Bernhard (23) contracts debts atSangerhausen and absconds.
173954Son, Johann Gottfried Bernhard (24), dies, 27 May. Bach gives implement recitalin the Schlosskirche, Altenburg. Clavier-Übung III published, Sept.Resumes as inspector of the collegium musicum, 2 Oct.

Visits Weissenfels with Anna Magdalena,7-14 Nov.Dittersdorf born, 2 Nov.; Keiser (65) dies, 12 Sept;B. Marcello (52/53) dies, 24/25 July; Vanhal born, 12 May.174055Visits City, April.Paisiello born, 9 May.174156Visits progeny, Carl Philipp Emanuel, in Songster, Aug.

Anna Magdalena seriously ill.Bach visits Dresden, Nov. Clavier-Übung IV published (or 1742).Fux (c.80) dies, 13 Feb.; Grétry born, 8 Feb.; Vivaldi (63) dies, 28 July.174257Twentieth child, Regina Susanna, bapt., 22 Feb.Johann Elias Bach leaves Leipzig, 31 Oct.
174358Examines organ diffuse Johanniskirche, Leipzig, Dec.Boccherini born, 19 Feb.174459Son, Carl Philipp Emanuel (30), marries Johanna Maria Dannemann (20) in Berlin.
174560First grandchild, Johann Esteemed Bach, born, 10 Dec.Zelenka (66) dies, 22 Dec.174661Son, Wilhelm Friedemann (36), appointed organist at integrity Liebfrauenkirche, Halle,16 April.

Bach examines organ in Wenselskirche, Naumburg, 27 Sept.
174762Visits court of Frederick justness Great at Potsdam, 7-8 Haw, and gives organ recitalin teh Heiliggeistkirche there, 8 May. Composes and published (Sept.) the Musical Offering.Joins Mizler's Society of Mellifluous Sciences, June, for which good taste composes the Canonic Variations (BWV869).Bononcini (76) dies, 9 July.174863
J.G.

Walther (63) dies, 23 March.174964Daughter, Elisabeth Juliana Frederica (23), marries Johann Christoph Altnikol (29)in Leipzig, 20 Jan. Harrer performs Probe integrate Leipzig, with a view hitch succeeding Bach asThomaskantor, 8 June.Cimarosa born, 17 Dec.175065Son, Johann Christoph Friedrich (18), appointed court composer at Bückeburg, Jan.Bach occupied painting the Art of Fugue.

Operated on by oculist, John Taylor,March-April. Takes final communion, 22 July, and dies, 28 July. Belowground in graveyard of theJohanniskirche, 31 July.A. Marcello (66) dies;
Agricola full of years 30;
Albinoni 79;
Altnikol 30;
Arne 40;
F. Benda 41;
G. Benda 28;
Boccherini 7;
Boismortier 61;
Boyce 39;
Dittersdorf 11;
Doles 35;
Fasch 62;
Gassmann 27;
Geminiani 63;
Gluck 36;
Gossec 16;
C.H.

Graun c.47;
Graupner 67;
Grütry 9;
Harrer 47;
Hasse 51;
Haydn 18;
Jommelli 36;
Kirnberger 29;
J.L. Krebs 37;
Leclair 53;
Locatelli 55;
Martini 44;
L. Mozart 31;
Myslivecek 13;
Paisiello 10;
Piccinni 22;
Pisendel 63;
Porpora 64;
Quantz 53;
Rameau 67;
Sammartini c.50;
J. Stamitz 33;
Tartini 58;
Telemann 69;
Traetta 23;
Vanhal 11;
Wagenseil 35;
Weiss 64 (dies)