Cao Xueqin vs Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Compare the life timelines of Cao Xueqin (1715–1763) and Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 48 years, from 1715 to 1763.
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Cao Xueqin (1715–1763)
- — Born into the wealthy Cao family, probably in Nanjing Verified
- — Family fell from imperial favor under the Yongzheng Emperor Verified
- — Moved with his family from Nanjing to Beijing Verified
- — Lived by selling paintings and through the help of friends Verified
- — Wrote and repeatedly revised Dream of the Red Chamber Verified
- — Settled in the western suburbs of Beijing Verified
- — Death of his son
- — Died near Beijing, leaving his novel unfinished Verified
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
- — Born in Erasbach, Upper Palatinate Verified
- — Studied and worked as a musician in Prague Verified
- — Premiere of his first opera, Artaserse, in Milan Verified
- — Visited London and met Handel Verified
- — Married Maria Anna Bergin in Vienna Verified
- — Settled in Vienna as a court composer Verified
- — Knighted with the Order of the Golden Spur Verified
- — Premiere of the reform opera Orfeo ed Euridice Verified
- — Premiere of Iphigénie en Aulide in Paris Verified
- — Died in Vienna Verified