Music History
Jun 10 Pesaro opera theater opens with Gioachino Rossini's "La gaza ladra"
Mendelssohn's 1st Concert
Oct 24 Felix Mendelssohn, aged 9, performs his first public concert in Berlin, Germany
- Dec 24 Christmas carol "Silent Night" composed by Franz Xaver Gruber is first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria