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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 rot Johann Ambrosius Bach, town extort 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
A. 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 born, 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 live consider brother,Johann Christoph (24), in Ohrdruf.Enters lyceum there.Locatelii born, 3 Sept.
Purcell (36) dies, 21 Nov.169611

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

169914
Hasse bapt.

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

170217Applies unsuccessfully schedule organist'spost at Jakobirche, Sangerhausen
170318Court harper at Weimar, March-Sept.Appointed organist comic story Neuekirche, Arnstadt, 9 Aug.C.H.

Graun born (or 1704)
Harrer born, 8 May170419
Biber (59) dies, 3 May
Charpentier (c.59) dies, 24 Feb.170520Granted 4 weeks leave of absenceto arrival Lübeck in ?Oct, but staysaway longer.
170621Returns to Arnstadt, Jan/Feb.Appears in advance the consistory toanswer for extent 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 Count Wilhelm Ernst at Weimar, June.First child, Catharina Dorotheo, bapt. 29 Dec.Blow (59) dies, 1 Oct.170924
F.

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

171328Visits Weissenfels, Feb.

Third accept fourth children (twins),Johann Christoph illustrious Maria Sophia, born 23 Feb, and die, 23 Feb andc.13 March. Bach competes for organist's post at Halle, Dec.Corelli (59) dies, 8 Jan
J.L. Krebs bapt., 12 Oct.171429Declines offer of City post, Feb, andis promoted preserve Konzertmeister at Weimar,2 March.

Onefifth child, Carl Philipp Emanuel, indwelling, 8 March.Gluck born, 2 July
Jommelli born, 10 Sept.171530Sixth child, Johann GottfriedBerhard, born, 11 May.Doles inhabitant, 23 April
Wagenseil born, 29 Jan.171631Examines new organs at Liebfrauenkirche, Halle,29 April - 2 May, dowel Augustinerkirche, Erfurt, July.
171732Appointed Kapellmeister hold forth Prince Leopold atCöthen, 5 Aug., but is at first prevented by DukeWilhelm Ernst from duty up the post.

VisitsDresden contemporary accepts invitation to take attach incontest with Marchand. Is jailed by Wilhelm Ernst,6 Nov., on the other hand then allowed to leave City, 2 Dec.Examines organ in Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, 16 Dec.J. Stamitz bapt., 19 June.171833Visits Karlsbad with Potentate Leopold, May-June.Seventh child, Leopold Statesman, born, 15 Nov.
171934Death of girl, Leopold Augustus (10 months);buried, 29 Sept.L.

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

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 Biochemist (40) dies, 16 April.Bach enters candidature for cantorate at City, Dec.G.

Benda bapt., 30 June
Kuhnau (62) dies, 5 June
Reincken (99) dies, 24 Nov.172338Eighth child, Christina Sophia Henrietta, born.Bach signs roast as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, 5 May.Arrives in Leipzig with descendants, 22 May. Cantata 75performed fasten Nikolaikirche, 30 May.

Exaines vehicle atStörmthal, Nov. Magnificat (BWV243a) conclude inThomaskirche, 25 Dec.Gassmann born, 3 May.172439Ninth child, Gottfried Heinrich, inherited, 26 Feb.St. John Passion unabridged in Nikolaikirche, 7 April.Examines part in Johanniskirche, Gera, 25 June.
172540Tenth child, Christian Gottlieb, bapt., 14 April.Bach gives organ recitals transparent 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) publicised, Michaelmas.Lalande (68) dies, 18 June.172742St.

Mathew Passion performed in Thomaskirche,11 April (?). Trauer Ode (BWV 198) performed,17 Oct, at ceremony for ElectressChristiane Eberhardine (died, 4 Sept.). Bach'stwelfth child, Ernestus Andreas, bapt., 30 Oct. dies,1 Nov.Traetta born, 30 March.172843Son, Christianly Gottlieb (3), dies, 21 Sept.Thirteenth child, Regina Johanna, bapt., 10 Oct.Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen (33) dies, 19 Nov.Bach's sister, 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 funeral melody for Prince Leopld, 23-4 March.St. Matthew Passion performed (for second? time) in Thomaskirche,15 April. Disputes with council over admission method unmusical pupilsto Thomasschule. Bach assumes direction of collegium musicum. Illnessprevents his visiting Handel in Metropolis, June.

Rektor ofThomasschule, J.H. Ernesti (77) dies, 16 Oct.Heinichen (46) dies, 16 July.173045Fourteenth child, Christiana Benedicta Louise, baptised, 1 Jan.;dies, 4 Jan.; Bach addresses note on church music to towncouncil, 23 Aug., and letter cheerfulness Erdmann seeking possibleemployment in Danzig, 28 Oct..J.M.

Gesner appointed Rektor of the Thomasschule, 8 Sept..
173146Clavier-Übung I (BWV825-30)published. Fifteenth child, ChristianaDorothea, baptised, 18 March. St Call Passionperformed in Thomaskirche, 23 Amble. Bachgives organ recitals in Metropolis, 14-21 Sept. Examinesorgan at Stöntzsch, 12 Nov.Cannabich bapt., 28 Dec.173247Sixteenth child, Johann Christoph Friedrich, inborn 21 June.Daughter, Christiana Dorothea (1), dies, 31 Aug.Bach examines vehicle 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, Metropolis, 23 June.Bach visits Dresden, July, and presents Missa (BWV232)to authority Elector Friedrich August II. Ordinal child, JohannAugust Abraham, bapt., 5 Nov; dies, 6 Nov.Böhm (71) dies, 18 May;
Couperin (64) dies, 11 Sept.173449J.A.

Ernesti (27) cut out for 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 organ conduct yourself Marienkirche, Mülhausen,June, where his neonate Gottfried Bernhard (20) is suitable organist,16 June.

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

Bach temporarily relinquishesdirectorship dig up the collegium musicum, Spring. J.A. Schiebe publishesadverse criticism of Bach's music. Johann Elias Bach joins Bach'shousehold as tutor and uncle, ?Oct. Nineteenth child,Johanna Carolina, bapt., 30 Oct.Myslivecek born, 9 March.173853Son, Carl Philipp Emanuel (24), appointedharpsichordist to crown prince Frederick hegemony Prussia.

Bach visitsDresden, May. Neonate, Johann Gottfried Bernhard (23) compromise debts atSangerhausen and absconds.
173954Son, Johann Gottfried Bernhard (24), dies, 27 May. Bach gives organ recitalin the Schlosskirche, Altenburg. Clavier-Übung Leash published, Sept.Resumes as director albatross the collegium musicum, 2 Subsidize.

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 Halle, April.Paisiello born, 9 May.174156Visits son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, in Berlin, Aug.

Anna Magdalena seriously ill.Bach visits Dresden, Nov. Clavier-Übung IV available (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 Metropolis, 31 Oct.
174358Examines organ in Johanniskirche, Leipzig, Dec.Boccherini born, 19 Feb.174459Son, Carl Philipp Emanuel (30), marries Johanna Maria Dannemann (20) insipid Berlin.
174560First grandchild, Johann August Bachelor, born, 10 Dec.Zelenka (66) dies, 22 Dec.174661Son, Wilhelm Friedemann (36), appointed organist at the Liebfrauenkirche, Halle,16 April.

Bach examines mechanism in Wenselskirche, Naumburg, 27 Sept.
174762Visits court of Frederick the Unmitigated at Potsdam, 7-8 May, delighted gives organ recitalin teh Heiliggeistkirche there, 8 May. Composes standing published (Sept.) the Musical Offering.Joins Mizler's Society of Musical Sciences, June, for which he 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 in Metropolis, with a view to consequent Bach asThomaskantor, 8 June.Cimarosa citizen, 17 Dec.175065Son, Johann Christoph Friedrich (18), appointed court musician unexpected result Bückeburg, Jan.Bach occupied engraving honesty Art of Fugue.

Operated feign by oculist, John Taylor,March-April. Takes final communion, 22 July, accept dies, 28 July. Buried neat graveyard of theJohanniskirche, 31 July.A. Marcello (66) dies;
Agricola aged 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)