Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), aka Strauss the Younger, was an Austrian composer best known for his waltzes such as The Blue Danube. Famed throughout Europe and the United States in his own lifetime, Strauss was known as the 'Waltz King', but he also wrote many polkas, marches, quadrilles, and operettas such as Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron.
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1825 - 1899The life of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II.
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25 Oct 1825The composer Johann Strauss II is born in Vienna.
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1844Johann Strauss II forms his own orchestra in Vienna.
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1849Johann Strauss II merges his orchestra with that of his late father Johann Srauss senior.
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1858Johann Strauss II's Tritsch-Tratsch polka is first performed.
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1864Johann Straus II's Morgenblätter (Morning Newspapers) waltz is first performed.
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1867Johann Strauss II's By the Beautiful Blue Danube waltz is first performed.
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1867Johann Strauss II's Künstlerleben (An Artist's Life) waltz is first performed.
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1868Johann Strauss II's Tales from the Vienna Woods waltz is first performed.
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1868Johann Strauss II's Thunder & Lightning polka is first performed.
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1869Johann Strauss II's Wine, Women and Song waltz is first performed.
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1870Johann Strauss II's Freuet euch des Lebens (Enjoy Life) waltz is first performed.
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1872Johann Strauss II tours the United States.
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1873Johann Strauss II's Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood) waltz is first performed.
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5 Apr 1874Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus (The Bat) operetta is first performed.
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1880Johann Strauss II's Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South) waltz is first performed.
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1882Johann Strauss II's Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring) is first performed.
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1885Johann Strauss II's Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) operetta is first performed.
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1889Johann Strauss II's Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) is first performed.
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3 Jun 1899The composer Johann Strauss II dies in Vienna.
