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1813 CE - 1901 CE: Life of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.
1813 CE: Giuseppe Verdi is born in La Roncola (Le Roncole), near Parma.
1831 CE: Giuseppe Verdi is rejected by the Milan Conservatory.
1836 CE: Giuseppe Verdi marries Margherita Barezzi.
1839 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's first opera Oberto is staged at the La Scala theatre in Milan.
1840 CE: Giuseppe' Verdi's first wife Margherita Barezzi dies.
1840 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's second opera, Un giorno di regno ('King for a Day') is a total flop at La Scala, Milan.
1842 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco is first staged at La Scala, Milan.
1847 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Macbeth is first staged.
1847 CE: Giuseppe Verdi begins a love affair with the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi.
1847 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera I masnadieri ('The Brigands') is premiered in London.
1848 CE: Giuseppe Verdi buys a house and farm at Sant' Agata near Parma.
1849 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera La battaglia di Legnano ('The Battle of Legnano') is first staged.
1851 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is first staged.
1853 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore ('The Troubadour') is first staged.
1853 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata ('The Fallen Woman') is first staged.
1855 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Les vêrpres siciliennes ('The Sicilian Vespers') is first staged.
1857 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra is first staged.
1859 CE: Giuseppe Verdi marries Giuseppina Strepponi.
1861 CE: Giuseppe Verdi serves as a member of the new Italian parliament in Turin as representative for Busseto.
1862 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera La forza del destino ('The Force of Destiny') is first staged.
1867 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos is first staged.
1871 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida premieres in Cairo.
1874 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem is first performed in a memorial service for Alessandro Manzoni in Milan's San Marco Church.
1887 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello is first staged.
1893 CE: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Falstaff is first staged.
1901 CE: Giuseppe Verdi dies in the Grand Hotel in Milan.