Berlioz, Hector
1803 - Born on the 11th of December in La Cote-Saint-Andre, France.
1826 - Met Harriet Constance Smithson and was the inspiration for his Symphonie fantastique.
1830 - Composed "Symphonie Fantastique".
- Berlioz won the Prix de Rome.
1833 - Married Harriet Constance Smithson with Franz Liszt and Heinrich Heine as witnesses.
1834 - Composed "Harold in Italy".
1846 - Cantata "The Damnation of Faust" also "La Damnation de Faust".
1852 - Wrote Evenings With the Orchestra.
1869 - Died on the 8th of March.
1870 - Berlioz's Memoirs paints a magisterial portrait of the Romantic era.
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