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1813 CE - 1883 CE: Life of the German composer Richard Wagner.
1813 CE: The composer Richard Wagner is born in Leipzig, Germany.
1830 CE: Richard Wagner enrols at the University of Leipzig to study music.
1833 CE: Richard Wagner takes up a position as chorus master in Würzburg.
1834 CE: Richard Wagner composes his opera Die Feen (The Fairies).
1836 CE: Richard Wagner's opera Das Lieberverbot (Love's Interdict or The Ban on Love) premieres in Magdeburg.
1836 CE: Richard Wagner marries the actress Wilhelmine (Minna) Planer.
1837 CE - 1839 CE: Richard Wagnr lives in Riga.
1839 CE - 1842 CE: Richard Wagner lives in Paris.
1842 CE: Richard Wagner moves to Dresden.
1842 CE: The premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Rienzi in Dresden's Hoftheatre.
1843 CE: Richard Wagner's opera Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) premieres in Dresden.
1845 CE: Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser premieres in Dresden.
1849 CE: Implicated in a popular uprising, Richard Wagner is obliged to flee Dresden for Switzerland.
1849 CE: Richard Wagner writes his essay Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft (The Artwork of the Future).
1850 CE: Richard Wagner writes his essay Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jewry in Music).
1850 CE: Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin premieres at the Weimar Court Theatre.
1851 CE: Richard Wagner writes his essay Oper und Drama (Opera and Drama).
1852 CE: Richard Wagner conducts an extramarital affair with Mathilde Wesendonk.
1865 CE: Richard Wagner lives in Munich where he receives the patronage of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
1865 CE: Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde premieres at the Munich Court Theatre.
1868 CE: Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) premieres in Munich.
1870 CE: Richard Wagner marries Cosima von Bülow.
1876 CE: Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring) premieres in Bayreuth.
1882 CE: Richard Wagner's final opera Parsifal premieres in Bayreuth.
1883 CE: The composer Richard Wagner dies of a heart attack while in Venice.