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1685 CE - 1750 CE: Life of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
1685 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach in Thuringia, central Germany.
1700 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach studies in Lüneburg at St. Michael’s school.
1703 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed the official organ player of the New Church in Arnstadt.
1707 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach moves to Mühlhausen.
1707 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second cousin Maria Barbara Bach.
1708 CE - 1717 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach works at the Weimar court.
1714 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach is promoted to Konzertmeister at the Weimar court.
1718 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach works for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen.
1721 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos are first performed.
1721 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second wife the court singer Anna Magdalena Wilcken.
1722 CE: Volume one of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier is published.
1723 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat in E Flat is first performed.
1723 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed the choirmaster, organist and teacher of the Thomaskirche (Saint Thomas’ Church) in Leipzig.
1724 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach's Saint John Passion is first performed.
1729 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach's Saint Matthew Passion is first performed.
1736 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed the Royal Court Composer to the King of Saxony.
1742 CE: Volume two of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier is published.
1749 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor is first performed.
1750 CE: Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue is published.
1759 CE: The composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies of a stroke in Leipzig.