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1685 CE - 1759 CE: Life of the composer George Frideric Handel.
1685 CE: George Frideric Handel is born in Halle in Germany.
1701 CE: George Frideric Handel studies law at the University of Halle.
1703 CE: George Frideric Handel moves to Hamburg.
1705 CE: The premiere of George Frideric Handel's first opera, Almira.
1706 CE: George Frideric Handel moves to Italy.
1708 CE: George Frideric Handel's first oratorio, Resurrection, is performed at Rome's Palazzo Bonelli on Easter Sunday.
1710 CE: George Frideric Handel's opera Agrippina is staged in Venice.
1710 CE: George Frideric Handel takes up his appointment as the Kapellmeister at the court of George Ludwig, Elector of Hanover.
1711 CE: George Frideric Handel moves to London.
1711 CE: George Frideric Handel's opera Rinaldo premieres at London’s Queen’s Theatre.
1713 CE: George Frideric Handel’s opera Il pastor fido is staged at the Haymarket Theatre in London.
1717 CE: George Frideric Handel composes his Water Music.
1718 CE: George Frideric Handel founds the Royal Academy of Music in London.
1737 CE: George Frideric Handel suffers a minor stroke.
1742 CE: George Frideric Handel's Messiah oratorio is first performed in Dublin.
1749 CE: George Frideric Handel is commissioned to compose his Music for the Royal Fireworks.
1750 CE: George Frideric Handel is appointed governor of the Foundling Hospital in London.
1751 CE: George Frideric Handel begins to lose his eyesight.
1753 CE: George Frideric Handel goes completely blind.
1759 CE: George Frideric Handel dies in London.