Christoph Willibald Gluck vs Maria Theresa
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Compare the life timelines of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) and Maria Theresa (1717–1780) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1717 to 1780.
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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
Maria Theresa (1717–1780)
- — Born in Vienna Verified
- — Married Francis Stephen of Lorraine Verified
- — Succeeded to the Habsburg dominions Verified
- — Defended her inheritance in the War of the Austrian Succession Verified
- — Crowned Queen of Hungary in Pressburg Verified
- — Secured the imperial crown for her husband, Francis I Verified
- — Enacted sweeping administrative and educational reforms Verified
- — Widowed; began co-regency with her son Joseph II Verified
- — Died in Vienna Verified