1678
Vivaldi was born in Venice (and the world rejoiced).
1685
Johann Sebastian Bach was born (still rejoicing, the world rejoiced more).
Vivaldi's father becomes a violinist with the San Marco Orchestra.
1690
Vivaldi's violin teacher, Giovanni Legrenzi, died.
1693
Sept 18 Vivaldi entered the preisthood.
1703
Vivaldi is ordained as a preist.
Sept. Vivaldi becomes a violin teacher.
1704
Aug. Vivaldi receives his first raise from the church; an increase of 40
ducats.
1705
Opus 1, Sonata da Camera, was published.
1709
Opus 2, Sonatas, was published.
1711
Opus 3, L'Estro Armonico, was published.
c.1712
Opus 4, La Stravaganza, was published.
1713
Opera, Orlando Furioso, was first performed.
Ottone in Villa, Opera, was performed.
1714
Rodomanto Sdegnato, Opera, was performed.
Orlando Finta Pazzo, Opera, was performed.
Orlando Furioso, Opera, was performed.
1715
Nerone Fatto Cesare, Opera, was performed.
Lucio Papirio, Opera, was performed.
1716
6 Violin Sonatas, Opus 5, was published.
Arsilda Regina di Ponto, Opera, was performed.
La Constanza, Opera, was performed.
1716-17
6 Concertos, Opus 6, was published.
6 Concertos, Opus 7, was published.
1717
Penelope la Casta, Opera, was performed in Venice.
L'Incoronazione di Dario, Opera, was performed in Venice.
1718
Armida Al Campo d'Egitto, Opera, was performed in Venice.
Artabano rè dei Parti, Opera, was performed in Venice.
Armida Al Campo d'Egitto, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
Scanderbeg, Opera, was performed in Florence.
1719
Teuzzone, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
Tito Manlio, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
Artabano, Opera, was performed in Vicenza.
1720
Alessandro Cognominato Severo, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
La Candace, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
La Verità in Cimento, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Gli Inganni per Vendetta, Opera, was performed in Vicenza.
Tito Manilo, Opera, was performed, in Rome.
1721
La Silvia, Opera, was performed in Milan.
Filippo rè di, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
1723
Ercole sul Termodonte, Opera, was performed in Capranica & Rome.
1724
La Virtù Trionfante, Opera, was performed in Capranica.
Giustino, Opera, was performed in Capranica.
1725
Il Cimento dell' Armonia e dell'Inventione, Opus 8, was published (including
the Four Seasons)
L'Inganno Trionfante, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
La Costanza Triofante, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
L'Artabano, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
Cunegonda, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Le Fede Tradita e Vendicata, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
La Trirannia Castigata, Opera, was performed in Prague.
Dorilla in Tempe, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Bach is still alive.
1727
La Cetra, Opus 9, was published.
Medea e Giasone, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Farnace, Opera, was performed in Venice & S. Ang.
Orlando, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Ipermestra, Opera, was performed in Pergola & Florence
Siroe rè di Persia, Opera, was performed in Venice.
1728
6 Flute Concertos, Opus 10, was published.
Rosilena ed Oronta, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Gli Odi Delusi Dal Sangue, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
1729
6 Concertos, Opus 11, was published.
6 Concertos, Opus 12, was published.
L'Atenaide, Opera, was performed in Pergola & Florence.
1730
Argippo, Opera, was performed in T. Sporck & Prague.
Farnace, Opera, was performed in T. Sporck & Prague.
1731
Farnace, Opera, was performed in T. Omodeo & Pavia.
L'Odio Vinto Della Costanza, Opera, was performed in Venice.
Alvilda Regina Dei Goti, Opera, was performed in T. Sporck & Prague.
Merope, Opera, was performed in Graz (with music by Albinoni)
1732
Semiramide, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
Farnace, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
La Fida Ninfa, Opera, was performed in Verona.
Semiramide, Opera, was performed in Mantua.
Doriclea, Opera, was performed in T. Sporck & Prague.
Dorilla in Tempe, Opera, was performed in T. Sporck & Prague.
1733
Montezuma, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Farnace, Opera, was performed in Florence.
1734
Dorilla in Tempe, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
L'Olimpiade, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
1735
Tamerlano (Bajazet), Opera, was performed in Verona.
Adelaide, Opera, was performed in Verona.
Grwaselda, Opera, was performed in S. Samuele.
Il Giorno Felice, Opera, was performed in Vienna.
Aristide, Opera, was performed in S. Samuele.
1736
Ginevra Principessa di Scozia, Opera, was performed in Pergola.
1737
Il Pastor Fido, Opus 13, was published.
Catone in Utica, Opera, was performed in Verona.
Demetrio, Opera, was performed in Ferrara.
Alessandro nell'Indie, Opera, was performed in Ferrara.
1738
L'Oracolo in Messenia, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Armida al Campo d Egitto, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Siroe rè di Persia, Opera, was performed in Ancona.
Orlando Furioso, Opera, was performed in Bergamo.
Rosmira, Opera, was performed in Stampiglia.
1739
Adelaide, Opera, was performed in Graz.
Rosmira, Opera, was performed in Graz.
Feraspe, Opera, was performed in S. Ang.
Siroe ré di Persia, Opera, was performed in Ferrara
Farnace, Opera, was performed in Ferrara.
Catone in Utica, Opera, was performed in Graz.
1748
Vivaldi dies in Vienna (leaving only his music)
1750
Johann Sebastian Bach dies (leaving only his music and lots of children)
1920's
Several volumes of Vivaldi's music is "discovered" sitting in a library
in Turin.
1939
Sept. The first comprehensive performance of Vivaldi's work was given in
Siena
1950
The Four Seasons was re-published after 225 years (and the world rejoiced
all over again)
1990
Nigel Kennedy's Four Seasons becomes the most popular Vivaldi recording
in history
1996
Christopher Hogwood's Baroque Experience box set offers twice as much Vivaldi
as Bach