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See also: [[list of musical events]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1900-1950)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1951-1979)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1980-present)]]

*c. [[4000 BC]]
**[[Harp]]s and [[vertical flute]]s are played in [[Egypt]]
*c. [[3500 BC]]
**[[Double clarinet]]s and [[lyre]]s are played in [[Egypt]]
*c. [[3000 BC]]
**The [[bamboo pipe]] is invented in [[China]]
(contracted; show full)**Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' premiers
*c. [[1790]]
**[[Bumba-meu-boi]], a form of comedic dance, is popular in Brazil
*[[1791]]
**The [[waltz]] is popular in [[England]]
**The [[Haitian Revolution]] sends refugees to [[Cuba]], bringing with them native musical forms (see: [[charanga]])
*[[1794]]
**"Tammany, or The Indian Ch
eief" by [[James Hewitt]] is one of the first American operas
*[[1803]]
**[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s ''[[Eröica]]'' marks the beginning of the [[Romantic]] period
*[[1807]]
**Beethoven's''[[Symphony No. 5]]'' is written; this is perhaps the most popular classical symphony ever
*[[1814]]
**The [[metronome]] is invented
*[[1821]]
(contracted; show full)**[[John Paine]]'s ''[[In Spring]]'' is the first symphony published in the US
**[[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Mikado]]'' premiers
*[[1886]]
**[[Celesta]] invented
*c. [[1890]]
**[[Jean Sibelius]]' ''[[Kullervo]]'' inspires a rise in Finnish [[nationalism]], greatly influencing music in his native land
*[[1896]]
**[[Ragtime]] and [[cakewalk]] are popularized in the [[United States]]