Compositions   1799: Pathétique Piano Sonata 1800: Creatures of Prometheus Overture 1800: Symphony No 1 1801: Moonlight & Pastoral Piano Sonatas 1802: Kreutzer Violin Sonata 1804: Waldstein & Appassionata Sonatas 1804: Symphony No 3 ("Eroica") 1805: Fidelio 1806: Rasumovsky String Quartets 1807: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 1809: Piano Concerto No 5 ("Emperor") 1810: Für Elise for Piano 1812: Symphonies Nos 7 & 8 1818: Hammerklavier Piano Sonata 1823: Missa Solemnis 1823: Symphony No 9 ("Choral") 1825: Grosse Fuge for String Quartet

World Politics 1789: French Revolution           1804: Napoleon becomes Emperor             1815: Battle of Waterloo (Napoleon defeated)         1837: Queen Victoria Queen of England