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1873 CE - 1943 CE: Life of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
1873 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff is born in Semyonovo, Russia.
1882 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff enters the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
1885 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff enters the Moscow Conservatory.
1891 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff graduates in piano from the Moscow Conservatory.
1891 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his First Piano Concerto.
1891 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his orchestral work The Rock.
1892 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff wins the gold medal prize for composition at the Moscow Conservatory.
1892 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his Prelude in C sharp minor for piano.
1897 CE - 1900 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff descends into depression and does not compose but is treated successfully by hypnotist Dr Nikolay Dahl.
1897 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony is publicly performed for the first time to disastrous reviews.
1901 CE: The triumphant premiere of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.
1902 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff marries his cousin Natalya Satina.
1908 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Second Symphony.
1909 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto premieres in the United States.
1910 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.
1913 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes The Bells.
1915 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his All-night Vigil.
1926 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his Fourth Piano Concerto.
1931 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
1934 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
1936 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff completes his Third Symphony (he revises it in 1938).
1940 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his last major work, Symphonic Dances.
1943 CE: Sergei Rachmaninoff dies of cancer at his home in Beverly Hills.