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1825 CE - 1899 CE: The life of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II.
1825 CE: The composer Johann Strauss II is born in Vienna.
1844 CE: Johann Strauss II forms his own orchestra in Vienna.
1849 CE: Johann Strauss II merges his orchestra with that of his late father Johann Srauss senior.
1858 CE: Johann Strauss II's Tritsch-Tratsch polka is first performed.
1864 CE: Johann Straus II's Morgenblätter (Morning Newspapers) waltz is first performed.
1867 CE: Johann Strauss II's By the Beautiful Blue Danube waltz is first performed.
1867 CE: Johann Strauss II's Künstlerleben (An Artist's Life) waltz is first performed.
1868 CE: Johann Strauss II's Tales from the Vienna Woods waltz is first performed.
1868 CE: Johann Strauss II's Thunder & Lightning polka is first performed.
1869 CE: Johann Strauss II's Wine, Women and Song waltz is first performed.
1870 CE: Johann Strauss II's Freuet euch des Lebens (Enjoy Life) waltz is first performed.
1872 CE: Johann Strauss II tours the United States.
1873 CE: Johann Strauss II's Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood) waltz is first performed.
1874 CE: Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus (The Bat) operetta is first performed.
1880 CE: Johann Strauss II's Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South) waltz is first performed.
1882 CE: Johann Strauss II's Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring) is first performed.
1885 CE: Johann Strauss II's Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) operetta is first performed.
1889 CE: Johann Strauss II's Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) is first performed.
1899 CE: The composer Johann Strauss II dies in Vienna.