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1862 CE - 1918 CE: Life of the French composer Claude Debussy.
1862 CE: The composer Claude Debussy is born in St Germain-en-Laye.
1872 CE: Claude Debussy enters the Paris Conservatoire.
1884 CE: Claude Debussy wins the Prix de Rome for his L’enfant prodigue cantata.
1890 CE: Claude Debussy completes his Suite bergamasque, which includes Clair de Lune.
1893 CE: Claude Debussy completes his String Quartet in G minor.
1894 CE: Claude Debussy completes his symphonic poem Prélude à L'après-midi d’un faune.
1899 CE: Claude Debussy completes his Nocturnes, an orchestral triptych.
1899 CE: Claude Debussy marries the artist’s model Rosalie (Lily) Texier.
1902 CE: Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande premieres in Paris’ Opera-Comique.
1905 CE: Claude Debussy completes his symphonic sketch La Mer (The Sea).
1905 CE: Claude Debussy's daughter Claude-Emma, aka Chouchou, is born.
1908 CE: The composer Claude Debussy marries Emma Bardac.
1911 CE: Claude Debussy completes his ballet Khamma.
1913 CE: Claude Debussy completes his ballet Jeux.
1918 CE: The composer Claude Debussy dies in Paris of cancer.