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1809 CE - 1847 CE: Life of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn.
1809 CE: Felix Mendelssohn is born in Hamburg.
1812 CE: The Mendelssohn family move from Hamburg to Berlin.
1820 CE: Felix Mendelssohn joins the Singakademie music society in Berlin.
1824 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his First Symphony.
1825 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his Octet op. 20 for strings.
1826 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his A Midsummer Night’s Dream instrumental music.
1829 CE: Felix Mendelssohn conducts a performance of St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach in Berlin.
1830 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his Hebrides overture.
1830 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes what is now known as his Fifth Symphony.
1833 CE: Felix Mendelssonh completes his Italian Symphony.
1835 CE: Felix Mendelssohn is appointed the director and conductor of the Lower Rhine Music Festival, held annually in Düsseldorf.
1836 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his St. Paul oratorio.
1837 CE: Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud.
1840 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes what is now known as his Second Symphony.
1842 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his Scottish Symphony.
1843 CE: Felix Mendelssohn founds the Leipzig Conservatory and becomes its first director.
1844 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his Violin Concerto.
1846 CE: Felix Mendelssohn completes his Elijah oratorio.
1847 CE: Felix Mendelssohn dies in Leipzig of a stroke.