Clara Schumann vs George Eliot
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Schumann (1819–1896) and George Eliot (1819–1880) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1819 to 1880.
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Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
- — Born Clara Wieck in Leipzig Verified
- — Made her formal debut at the Leipzig Gewandhaus at age nine Verified
- — Premiered her Piano Concerto in A minor with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Verified
- — Acclaimed concert tour of Vienna Verified
- — Married Robert Schumann Verified
- — Began lifelong friendship with Johannes Brahms Verified
- — Widowed after Robert Schumann's death Verified
- — Appointed principal piano teacher at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt Verified
- — Gave her final public concert in Frankfurt Verified
- — Died in Frankfurt Verified
George Eliot (1819–1880)
- — Born near Nuneaton, Warwickshire Verified
- — Moved to Coventry and joined freethinking circles Verified
- — Published translation of Strauss's Life of Jesus Verified
- — Became assistant editor of the Westminster Review Verified
- — Began life partnership with George Henry Lewes Verified
- — Published Adam Bede, her first full-length novel Verified
- — Published The Mill on the Floss Verified
- — Published Middlemarch in eight parts Verified
- — Married John Walter Cross Verified
- — Died in London Verified