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| | In the last year of his life Tchaikovsky was supposedly writing one or more pieces for violin, presumably with piano accompaniment ([[TH]] 248) <ref name="note1"/>. |
| :: ''See also [[Chronological List of Works]].''
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| The following is adapted from the chronology published in ''[[The Tchaikovsky Handbook]]'', volume 1 (2002), pages xxxi-xli.
| | On 7/19 October 1893, Tchaikovsky told the cellist [[Yulian Poplavsky]] that "during October he expected to write a [[Flute Concerto|concerto for flute]] which he had already conceived... then several small pieces for violin" <ref name="note2"/>. The composer's death on 25 October/6 November 1893 prevented him from realising this project, and there are no references to these pieces in his correspondence, or any surviving musical sketches. |
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| ==1840==
| | However, it is possible that he had already conceived some of these pieces, since the journalist V. P. Sokolnikov maintained that during Tchaikovsky's visit to [[Odessa]] in January 1893 he had played through part of a piece to the violinist Konstantin Gavrilov <ref name="note3"/>. There are no reports to substantiate Sokolnikov's account. |
| * 25 April/7 May – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is born in [[Votkinsk]], some 600 miles east of [[Moscow]]; second son of [[Ilya Tchaikovsky]], a mining engineer, and [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya]] (b. Assier); has an older brother [[Nikolay]] (born 9/21 May 1838) and paternal half-sister [[Zinayda]] (born 1829).
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| * 28 December/9 January 1842 – Birth of his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] ("Sasha").
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| | | <ref name="note1">See {{bib|2002/22|The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1}} (2002), p. 423. Not included in [[ČW]].</ref> |
| ==1843==
| | <ref name="note2">Quoted in Alexander Poznansky, {{bib|1996/59|Tchaikovsky's last days. A documentary study}} (1995), p. 39.</ref> |
| * 10 April/22 April – Birth of his brother [[Ippolit]].
| | <ref name="note3">See {{bib|1958/14|Музыкальное наследие Чайковского}} (1958), p. 425.</ref> |
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| ==1844==
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| * August – With his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]], he composes a song "Our Mama in [[Petersburg]]".
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| * November – [[Fanny Dürbach]] becomes governess to the Tchaikovsky family.
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| ==1845==
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| * He takes up piano lessons with [[Mariya Palchikova]].
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| ==1847==
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| * He begins to write poetry at school.
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| ==1848==
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| * September – [[Fanny Dürbach]] leaves her position as governess, and the Tchaikovsky family moves from [[Votkinsk]] to [[Moscow]].
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| * November – His family moves to [[Saint Petersburg]], where Tchaikovsky is sent to a boarding school and continues his music lessons with a private teacher.
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| * May – His family moves from [[Saint Petersburg]] to [[Alapayevsk]] in the Ural Mountains, where his [[father]] is appointed manager of a metallurgical plant.
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| * 1 May/13 May – Birth of his twin brothers [[Anatoly]] ("Tolya") and [[Modest]] ("Modya").
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| * 22 August/3 September – He sees a production of [[Mikhail Glinka]]'s opera ''A Life for the Tsar'', which makes a lasting impression.
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| * September – He enrols in the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * October – He sees a production of Adolphe Adam's ballet ''Giselle'', with Carlotta Grisi.
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| ==1851==
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| * September – His [[father]] visits him in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| ==1852==
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| * May – His family moves from [[Alapayevsk]] to join him in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * summer – He sings the soprano part of a coloratura duet from [[Rossini]]'s Semiramide with his aunt [[Yekaterina Alekseyeva]].
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| * autumn – He takes part in a trio in the Liturgy at the School of Jurisprudence, and becomes an active participant in the School's choir.
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| ==1853==
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| * He forms a friendship with his schoolmate [[Aleksey Apukhtin]].
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| ==1854==
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| * January – Marriage of his half-sister [[Zinayda]] to Yevgeny Olkhovsky.
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| * 13 June/25 June – Death of his mother [[Aleksandra Tchaikovskaya|Aleksandra]] from cholera.
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| * August – The ''[[Anastasie-valse]]'' is his earliest known attempt at written-down composition.
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| ==1855==
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| * He starts piano lessons with Rudolf Kündinger.
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| ==1856==
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| * While boarding at the boys-only School of Jurisprudence, the first signs of his innate homosexual sensibilities become apparent, and he becomes infatuated with his schoolfriend Sergey Kireyev.
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| * He makes the acquaintance of the Italian singer and voice teacher Luigi Piccioli, who is the first person to recognize his musical talent and significantly influences his musical development.
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| ==1857==
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| * Under the influence of Piccioli, he becomes an enthusiastic admirer of [[Rossini]], [[Bellini]] and [[Donizetti]]. [[Mozart]]'s ''Don Giovanni'' also has a profound impact.
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| ==1858==
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| * autumn – He makes his first attempt at conducting the school choir, at the request of singing master Gavryl Lomakin.
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| ==1859==
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| * 13 May/25 May – He graduates from the Imperial School of Jurisprudence.
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| * June – He begins work as a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice.
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| ==1860==
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| * While employed at the Ministry of Justice, he becomes a ‘man-about-town', and enjoys operas, theatres and concerts in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 6 November/18 November – His sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] marries [[Lev Davydov]] and moves to her husband's family estate at [[Kamenka]] in the Ukraine.
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| ==1861==
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| * spring – He indulges in many homosexual escapades, until the risk of scandal grows.
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| * July–August – He travels outside Russia for the first time, to [[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]], [[Antwerp]], [[Brussels]], [[Ostend]], [[London]] and [[Paris]].
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| * autumn – He begins studying harmony in [[Nikolay Zaremba]]'s music classes in [[Saint Petersburg]], opened by the RMS.
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| ==1862==
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| * 8 September/20 September – Birth of his eldest niece [[Tatyana Davydova|Tatyana]] ("Tanya"), to his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]].
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| * He enrols as a student in the newly-opened [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory.
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| * The song ''[[Mezza notte]]'' becomes his first published composition.
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| ==1863==
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| * spring – He attends all six of [[Richard Wagner]]'s concerts in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 11 April/23 April – He resigns from the Ministry of Justice to concentrate on studying music.
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| * 16 May/28 May – He is deeply impressed by a performance of [[Aleksandr Serov]]'s opera ''Judith''.
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| * summer – He stays with [[Aleksey Apukhtin]] at [[Pavlodar]].
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| * autumn – He resumes his study of music theory under Zaremba and begins composition classes with [[Anton Rubinstein]].
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| * winter – He starts to give private piano lessons.
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| ==1864 ==
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| * June–August – He spends his summer vacation from the conservatory with his society friend Aleksey Golitsyn at [[Trostinets]] in Ukraine. Here he writes his first orchestral piece, ''[[The Storm]]''.
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| * autumn – He meets the composer [[Aleksandr Serov]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * His brothers [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]] learn of Tchaikovsky's homosexuality from their schoolfriends.
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| ==1865==
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| * His father [[Ilya]] marries for a third time, to [[Yelizaveta Lipport]].
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| * summer – He spends his summer vacation with his brothers [[Modest]] and [[Anatoly]] at [[Kamenka]], where he sketches his [[Overture in C minor]].
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| * July–September – He translates Gevaert's ''[[Handbook for Instrumentation (Gevaert)|Handbook for Instrumentation]]''.
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| * 30 August/11 September – Premiere of the [[Characteristic Dances]] in [[Pavlovsk]] conducted by Johann Strauss II (the first public performance of any of his works).
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| * 30 October/11 November – Premiere of the [[String Quartet in B-flat major]] at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory.
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| * December–November – He works on his graduation cantata ''[[Ode to Joy]]''.
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| * 27 November/9 December – Premiere of the [[Overture in F major]] at the Mikhaylovsky Palace in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * 29 December/10 January 1866 – Premiere of the cantata ''[[Ode to Joy]]'' at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory Graduation examinations, which earns him a silver medal.
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| ==1866==
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| * January – He leaves [[Saint Petersburg]] to become teacher of musical theory in the classes of the [[Moscow]] branch of the RMS.
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| * February – He revises his [[Overture in F major]].
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| * 4 March/16 March – Premiere of the revised [[Overture in F major]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * May–July – He spends the summer with his sister's mother-in-law and her daughters [[Vera]] and Yelizaveta Davydova, and with his brother [[Modest]] in [[Peterhof]], while sketching his [[Symphony No. 1]].
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| * July–August – He suffers from physical exhaustion as a result of overwork on the symphony.
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| * 1 September/13 September – He becomes employed at the newly opened [[Moscow]] Conservatory, with [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] as its director.
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| * November September– – He works on his [[Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem]].
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| ==1867==
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| * 29 January/10 February – Premiere of the [[Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * 8/20 March – He starts work on his first opera, ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]''.
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| * June–August – He visits Finland and then spends the summer with the Davydovs at [[Hapsal]] [Haapsalu] in Estonia, where [[Vera Butakova|Vera Davydova]] becomes infatuated with him.
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| * July – He confides in [[Modest]] and [[Anatoly]] about his homosexuality.
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| * December – He meets the French composer [[Hector Berlioz]], who conducts two concerts in [[Moscow]].
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| * 3 February/15 February – Premiere of the [[Symphony No. 1]] in [[Moscow]], conducted by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].
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| * 19 February/2 March – He unsuccessfully conducts his [[Characteristic Dances]] at a charity concert in [[Moscow]].
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| * March – He writes his first music review article, ''[[Regarding Mr Rimsky-Korsakov's "Serbian Fantasy"]]''.
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| * April – He meets [[Mily Balakirev]], [[Aleksandr Borodin]], [[César Cui]], [[Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky]] and [[Vladimir Stasov]], during a trip to [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 29 July/10 August — He completes work on ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]''.
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| * summer – He travels to [[Berlin]] and [[Paris]] with his friend [[Vladimir Shilovsky]].
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| * September – He becomes romantically involved with the opera singer [[Désirée Artôt]].
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| * September-December – He composes and scores the symphonic fantasia ''[[Fatum]]''.
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| * Publication by Jurgenson of the [[Scherzo à la russe]] and ''[[Impromptu in E-flat minor]]'' as his "Op. 1".
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| ==1869==
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| * January – He learns of [[Désirée Artôt]]'s marriage to Mariano Padilla-y-Ramos.
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| * January–July – He writes his second opera, ''[[Undina]]''.
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| * 30 January/11 February – Premiere of ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]'' at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].
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| * 15 February/27 February – Premiere of the symphonic fantasia ''[[Fatum]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * June – Marriage of his brother [[Ippolit]] to [[Sofya Nikonova]].
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| * autumn – He meets [[Mily Balakirev]] in [[Moscow]], and under his influence writes the overture-fantasia ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
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| * He begins a passionate friendship with the conservatory student Eduard Zak.
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| ==1870==
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| * February – He starts work on his third opera, ''[[The Oprichnik]]''.
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| * 4 March/16 March – Premiere of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' in [[Moscow]] passes almost unnoticed by the critics.
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| * 16/28 March – Extracts from ''[[Undina]]'' are performed at a concert in [[Moscow]]'s Bolshoi Theatre. The complete opera was never staged.
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| * May – ''[[Undina]]'' is rejected by the directorate of the Imperial Theatres.
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| * August June– – He revises ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', at [[Balakirev]]'s instigation.
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| * June – He visits his sick friend [[Vladimir Shilovsky]] in [[Paris]], then travels to [[Soden]], and on to [[Mannheim]] for the [[Beethoven]] centennial festival.
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| * July – He flees to Switzerland following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
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| * August – After staying at [[Interlaken]], he visits [[Munich]] and [[Vienna]] on his way back to [[Moscow]].
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| ==1871==
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| * 16 March/28 March – An all-Tchaikovsky concert in [[Moscow]] includes the premieres of his trio ''[[Nature and Love]]'' and the [[String Quartet No. 1]]. [[Ivan Turgenev]] attends this concert, but Tchaikovsky avoids being introduced to him.
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| * June – He visits his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]] at [[Kamenka]].
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| * 2 December/14 December – Birth of his nephew [[Vladimir Davydov]] (Bob) to his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]].
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| * December – He visits [[Nice]] with [[Vladimir Shilovsky]].
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| ==1872==
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| * 5 February/17 February – Premiere of the revised ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]] has more success.
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| * February–March – He is commissioned to write a [[Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * 20 March/1 April – He completes work on ''[[The Oprichnik]]''.
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| * 31 May/12 June – Premiere of the [[Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * June–August – He spends the summer vacation at [[Kamenka]], [[Nizy]] and [[Usovo]], where he sketches his [[Symphony No. 2]].
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| * September – He starts regular work as the music critic of the newspaper ''Russian Register''.
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| * Marriage of his brother [[Nikolay]] to [[Olga Denisyeva]].
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| * 26 January/7 February – Premiere of the [[Symphony No. 2]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * February-April — He arranges the vocal-piano reduction of ''[[The Oprichnik]]''.
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| * March–April – He writes music for [[Aleksandr Ostrovsky]]'s play ''[[The Snow Maiden]]''.
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| * 11 May/23 May – Premiere of ''[[The Snow Maiden]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * June–August – He visits [[Nizy]] and [[Kamenka]], before travelling to Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France.
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| * August–October – He works on his symphonic fantasia ''[[The Tempest]]'', suggested by [[Vladimir Stasov]].
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| * 2 November/14 November – Suicide of [[Eduard Sack]] which has a profound effect on Tchaikovsky.
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| * 7 December/19 December – Premiere of ''[[The Tempest]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| ==1874==
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| * 10 March/22 March – Premiere of the [[String Quartet No. 2]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * April – He travels to Italy, visiting [[Venice]], [[Rome]], [[Naples]] and [[Florence]].
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| * 12 April/24 April – Premiere of ''[[The Oprichnik]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * June–August – He writes the opera ''[[Vakula the Smith]]'' while staying at [[Nizy]] and [[Usovo]].
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| * November – He starts work on the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]].
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| * 24 December/5 January 1875 – He plays through the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] for [[Nikolay Rubinstein]], who is scathing in his verdict. Tchaikovsky refuses to change a note.
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| ==1875==
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| * June–August – He writes his [[Symphony No. 3]] while staying at [[Usovo]], [[Verbovka]] and [[Nizy]].
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| * August – He starts work on this first ballet, ''[[Swan Lake]]''.
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| * 13 October/25 October – [[Hans von Bülow]] gives the premiere of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] in Boston, USA.
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| * November – He meets [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * 1 November/13 November – Russian premiere of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] by Gustav Kross, conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]].
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| * 7 November/19 November – Premiere of the [[Symphony No. 3]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * December – He travels to France with his brother [[Modest]], and [[Modest]]'s deaf-mute pupil [[Nikolay Konradi]].
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| ==1876==
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| * January – He is greatly impressed by [[Bizet]]'s ''Carmen'' in [[Paris]].
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| * 16 January/28 January – Premiere of the ''[[Sérénade mélancolique]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * 18 March/30 March – Premiere of the [[String Quartet No. 3]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * April – He completes work on ''[[Swan Lake]]''.
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| * 24 April/6 May – Premiere of the [[Chorus for the Jubilee of Osip Petrov]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * July – He travels to [[Vichy]], France, for the cure.
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| * August – He attends the premiere of [[Wagner]]'s ''Ring'' cycle in [[Bayreuth]], where he also meets [[Franz Liszt]].
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| * September – Due to social and family pressures, and alarmed by learning that his brother [[Modest]] is also homosexual, he announces his decision to marry.
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| * September – He is commissioned to write the [[Slavonic March]] in aid of victims of the war between Serbia and Turkey.
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| * November September– – He writes the symphonic fantasia ''[[Francesca da Rimini]]''.
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| * 5 November/17 November – Premiere of the [[Slavonic March]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * 24 November/6 December – Premiere of ''[[Vakula the Smith]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * December – He meets [[Lev Tolstoy]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * December – He receives his first letter from [[Nadezhda von Meck]], and their solely epistolary friendship begins.
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| * December – He writes the [[Variations on a Rococo Theme]] for cello with orchestra.
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| * January – He strikes up a close friendship with the violinist [[Iosif Kotek]].
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| * 13 February/25 February – He nervously conducts his [[Slavonic March]] at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].
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| * 25 February/9 March – Premiere of ''[[Francesca da Rimini]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * March–May – He makes sketches for his [[Symphony No. 4]].
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| * 26 March/7 April – [[Antonina Milyukova]] writes her first letter to Tchaikovsky.
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| * May – He begins to write the opera ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]''.
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| * 20 May/1 June – He meets [[Antonina Milyukova]] for the first time in [[Moscow]].
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| * 23 May/4 June – He proposes marriage to [[Antonina Milyukova]].
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| * 6 July/18 July – He marries [[Antonina Milyukova]] at Saint George's Church in [[Moscow]].
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| * 7/19–13/25 July – The couple spend their honeymoon in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 14 July/26 July – Tchaikovsky and his wife return to their new apartment in [[Moscow]].
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| * 27 July/8 August – Tchaikovsky leaves by himself for [[Kamenka]].
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| * 12 September/24 September – Tchaikovsky returns to his wife in [[Moscow]].
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| * 24 September/6 October – End of his marriage to [[Antonina]].
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| * October – He travels to Switzerland with his brother [[Anatoly]], settling in [[Clarens]].
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| * October – [[Nadezhda von Meck]] offers him a regular allowance, which gives him financial independence.
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| * 18 November/30 November – Premiere of the [[Variations on a Rococo Theme]] in [[Moscow]] by [[Wilhelm Fitzenhagen]].
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| * January – He travels to [[San Remo]], where he completes the [[Symphony No. 4]] and ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]''.
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| * 13 January/25 January – Death of his half-sister [[Zinayda]].
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| * 10 February/22 February – Premiere of the [[Symphony No. 4]].
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| * March – At [[Clarens]] in Switzerland with [[Iosif Kotek]], he writes his [[Violin Concerto]].
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| * May – He returns to Russia and spends time at [[Kamenka]], before moving on to the [[Brailov]] country estate of [[Nadezhda von Meck]], who is absent. Here he writes the ''[[Souvenir d'un lieu cher]]'' as a memento of his stay, and the [[Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom]].
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| * August – He starts work on the [[Suite No. 1]].
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| * September – He returns to the [[Moscow]] Conservatory to resume teaching.
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| * November – He tenders his resignation from the [[Moscow]] Conservatory on health grounds.
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| * December – He travels to Italy and settles in [[Florence]], where he starts work on ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]''.
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| * 8 December/20 December – Premieres of the ''[[Sérénade mélancolique]]'', Op. 26 and ''[[Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34|Valse-Scherzo]]'' , Op. 34, in [[Paris]] by [[Stanisław Barcewicz]].
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| * March – He returns to [[Moscow]].
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| * 17 March/29 March – Premiere of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * June – Premiere of the [[Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom]] in [[Kiev]].
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| * June–August – He spends the summer at [[Kamenka]] and [[Brailov]], where he completes ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]''.
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| * October – While staying at [[Kamenka]], he starts work on the [[Piano Concerto No. 2]].
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| * 21 October/2 November – Premiere of the [[Grand Sonata]] in [[Moscow]] by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].
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| * November – He departs for France and Italy.
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| * 8 December/20 December – Premiere of the [[Suite No. 1]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * December – While in [[Rome]], he revises the [[Symphony No. 2]].
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| * January-February – In [[Rome]], he writes the ''[[Italian Capriccio]]''.
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| * 9 January/21 January – Death of his father [[Ilya]].
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| * March – He returns to Russia.
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| * 1/13 March – The [[Violin Concerto]] was premiered in [[Hannover]] by Georg Hänflein, conducted by Ernst Frank, although the composer remained unaware of this performance
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| * April–November – He stays mostly at [[Kamenka]] and [[Brailov]].
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| * November September– – He writes the [[Serenade for String Orchestra]] and the festival overture ''[[The Year 1812]]''.
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| * autumn – Tchaikovsky is deeply upset when his servant [[Aleksey Sofronov]] is conscripted into the army.
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| * 6 December/18 December – He returns to [[Moscow]], and hears the premiere of the ''[[Italian Capriccio]]''.
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| * January-February – He visits [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 31 January/12 February – Premiere of the revised [[Symphony No. 2]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 13 February/25 February – Premiere of ''[[The Maid of Orleans]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 14 February/26 February – He departs for [[Vienna]], [[Florence]], [[Rome]] and [[Naples]].
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| * 11 March/23 March – While in [[Nice]], he hears of the death of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] in [[Paris]].
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| * 13 March/25 March – He attends [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]'s funeral service in [[Paris]].
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| * April – He settles at [[Kamenka]], with occasional visits to [[Moscow]].
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| * June – He starts work on the opera ''[[Mazepa]]''.
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| * 18 October/30 October – Premiere of the [[Serenade for String Orchestra]].
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| * 31 October/12 November – Premiere of the [[Piano Concerto No. 2]] by Madeline Schiller in [[New York]].
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| * December November– – He visits [[Vienna]], [[Venice]], [[Florence]] and [[Rome]].
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| * 22 November/4 December – Performance of the [[Violin Concerto]] in [[Vienna]] by [[Adolph Brodsky]].
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| * December – He sketches his [[Piano Trio]] in memory of [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].
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| ==1882==
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| * April – His brother [[Anatoly]] marries [[Praskovya Konshina]].
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| * May – He returns to [[Kamenka]], with occasional visits to [[Moscow]].
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| * 21 May/2 June – Russian Premiere of the [[Piano Concerto No. 2]] in [[Moscow]] by Sergey Taneyev.
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| * 7 June/19 June – Premiere of the [[All-Night Vigil]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * 8 August/20 August – Premiere of ''[[The Year 1812]]'' at the Arts and Industry Exhibition in [[Moscow]].
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| * 18 October/30 October – Premiere of the [[Piano Trio]] in [[Moscow]].
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| ==1883==
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| * January – He arrives in [[Paris]].
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| * 19 February/3 March – Premiere of the revised [[Symphony No. 1]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * March – He is commissioned to write the [[Coronation March]] and the cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)|Moscow]]'' for the coronation of Emperor [[Alexander III]].
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| * 15 May/27 May – Premiere of the coronation cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)|Moscow]]'' at the Kremlin in [[Moscow]].
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| * 23 May/4 June – Premiere of the [[Coronation March]] at the coronation of [[Alexander III]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * June–December – He visits [[Moscow]], [[Podushkino]] and [[Kamenka]], where he writes the [[Suite No. 2]].
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| * 31 December/12 January 1885 – His niece [[Anna Davydova]] marries [[Nadezhda von Meck]]'s son [[Nikolay]].
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| ==1884== | |
| * 3 February/15 February – Premiere of ''[[Mazepa]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * 4 February/16 February – Premiere of the [[Suite No. 2]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * 6 February/18 February – He departs for [[Paris]].
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| * 7 March/19 March – He is summoned to [[Saint Petersburg]] for an audience with [[Alexander III]], who confers on him the Order of Saint Vladimir.
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| * April–September – He visits [[Kamenka]], [[Grankino]] and [[Skabeyevo]], where he writes the [[Suite No. 3]] and the [[Concert Fantasia]] for piano with orchestra.
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| * 19 October/31 October – [[Saint Petersburg]] Premiere of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre.
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| * November – He visits his dying friend [[Iosif Kotek]] in Switzerland.
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| * 16 December/28 December – Premiere of the [[Elegy]] for string orchestra in [[Moscow]].
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| ==1885==
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| * 12 January/24 January – Premiere of the [[Suite No. 3]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 14 February/26 February – He rents a house in the village of [[Maydanovo]], near [[Klin]].
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| * 22 February/6 March – Premiere of the [[Concert Fantasia]] in [[Moscow]].
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| * February–March – He revises ''[[Vakula the Smith]]'' as a new opera with the title ''[[Cherevichki]]''.
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| * April–September – At [[Maydanovo]], he writes the symphony ''[[Manfred]]'', suggested by [[Mily Balakirev]].
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| * September – He starts work on the opera ''[[The Enchantress]]''.
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| * 5 December/17 December – Premiere of the [[Jurisprudence March]] and [[Jurists' Song]] at the 150th anniversary dinner of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Tchaikovsky is absent.
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| ==1886==
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| * 11 March/23 March – He attends the premiere of ''[[Manfred]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * 31 March/12 April – He arrives in [[Tiflis]] to visit his brother [[Anatoly]].
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| * 19 April/1 May – He hears the premiere of the revised ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' in [[Tiflis]].
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| * 29 April/10 May – He leaves [[Tiflis]] for [[Paris]], by way of the Mediterranean Sea.
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| * May–June – He stays in [[Paris]], where he meets Gabriel Fauré, [[Édouard Lalo]], [[Ambroise Thomas]] and [[Pauline Viardot-García]].
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| * 19 June/1 July – He returns to [[Maydanovo]].
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| ==1887==
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| * 19 January/31 January – He conducts the premiere of ''[[Cherevichki]]'' at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].
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| * 19 January/31 January – His niece [[Tatyana Davydova]] dies suddenly at a masquerade ball in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 5 March/17 March – He conducts a Philharmonic Society concert in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * May – He completes the opera ''[[The Enchantress]]''.
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| * 21 May/2 June–28 May/9 June – He travels on a steam-boat down the River Volga from [[Nizhny Novgorod]] to [[Baku]].
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| * June – He stays with his brother [[Anatoly]] in [[Tiflis]], where he arranges and orchestrates music by [[Mozart]] to form his [[Suite No. 4]].
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| * July–August – He travels to [[Aachen]] to see his friend [[Nikolay Kondratyev]], who is critically ill.
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| * 20 October/1 November – He conducts the premiere of ''[[The Enchantress]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 14 November/26 November – Premiere of the [[Suite No. 4]] in [[Moscow]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * 12 December/24 December – [[Saint Petersburg]] Premiere of the [[Suite No. 4]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * 24 December/5 January 1888 – His first European conducting tour begins with a concert at the [[Leipzig]] Gewandhaus. Meetings with [[Johannes Brahms]], [[Edvard Grieg]] and [[Ethel Smyth]].
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| ==1888==
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| * He is granted a lifetime annuity of 3000 rubles by [[Alexander III]].
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| * 8 January/20 January – He conducts at the Conventgarten in [[Hamburg]].
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| * 16 January/28 January – He meets [[Gustav Mahler]].
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| * 23 January/4 February – He meets [[Désirée Artôt]] again in [[Berlin]].
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| * 27 January/8 February – He conducts a Philharmonic Society concert in [[Berlin]].
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| * 7/19–9/21 February – He conducts two concerts in [[Prague]], and meets [[Antonín Dvořák]].
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| * Febuary–March – He conducts three concerts in [[Paris]], and meets [[Charles Gounod]], [[Léo Delibes]], [[Pauline Viardot-García]], and other French musicians.
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| * 8 March/20 March – He conducts a concert at the Saint James's Hall in [[London]].
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| * March – He returns to Russia and visits brothers [[Ippolit]] and [[Anatoly]] in [[Taganrog]] and [[Tiflis]].
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| * 24 April/6 May – He settles in a new house at [[Frolovskoye]], near [[Klin]].
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| * May–October – He writes the [[Symphony No. 5]] and the overture-fantasia ''[[Hamlet (overture-fantasia)|Hamlet]]''.
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| * October – He is commissioned by [[Ivan Vsevolozhsky]] to write the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]''.
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| * 5 November/17 November – Premiere of the [[Symphony No. 5]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * 12 November/24 November – Premiere of the overture-fantasia ''[[Hamlet (overture-fantasia)|Hamlet]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * November–December – He visits [[Prague]] to conduct the [[Symphony No. 5]] and ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]''.
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| * 10 December/22 December – [[Moscow]] Premiere of the [[Symphony No. 5]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * 10 December/22 December – He meets [[Anton Chekhov]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| ==1889==
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| * January–March – His second European concert tour, with concerts in [[Cologne]] (31 January/12 February), [[Frankfurt am Main]] (3/15 February), [[Dresden]] (8/20 February), [[Berlin]] (14/26 February), [[Geneva]] (25 February/9 March), [[Hamburg]] (3/15 March) and in [[London]] (30 March/11 April). Before travelling on to [[London]] he stays in [[Paris]] (8/20 March-28 March/9 April), where he does not conduct any concerts but gets to meet [[Jules Massenet]] and other French musicians.
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| * April–May – He travels to [[Tiflis]] via the Mediterranean Sea to visit his brother [[Anatoly]].
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| * 19 May/31 May – He returns home to [[Frolovskoye]].
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| * August – He completes work on ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]''.
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| * 18 September/30 September – He conducts a new production of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' at the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]].
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| * October–November – He conducts his own music, and works by [[Mozart]], [[Glinka]], [[Taneyev]] and [[Anton Rubinstein]].
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| * 25 November/7 December – Premiere of the ''[[Pezzo capriccioso]]'' in [[Moscow]] with [[Anatoly Brandukov]], conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| ==1890==
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| * 3 January/15 January – Premiere of ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * January–March – He stays in [[Florence]], where he sketches ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.
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| * April–September – He returns to Russia, staying mainly at [[Frolovskoye]], with occasional visits to [[Moscow]], [[Lobynskoye]], [[Grankino]], [[Kamenka]], [[Kiev]] and [[Kharkov]].
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| * June–July – He writes the string sextet ''[[Souvenir de Florence]]''.
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| * 22 September/4 October – [[Nadezhda von Meck]] writes her last letter to Tchaikovsky.
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| * September–October – He sketches the symphonic ballad ''[[The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)|The Voyevoda]]''.
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| * September–October – He visits [[Anatoly]] in [[Tiflis]].
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| * 20 October/1 November – He conducts his own works at an RMS concert in [[Tiflis]].
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| * 28 November/10 December – Premiere of ''[[Souvenir de Florence]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 7 December/19 December – Premiere of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| ==1891==
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| * January – At the request of his actor friend [[Lucien Guitry]], he writes incidental music for ''[[Hamlet (incidental music)|Hamlet]]''.
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| * February – He starts work on the ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]''.
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| * 9 February/21 February – Premiere of the incidental music to ''[[Hamlet (incidental music)|Hamlet]]'' in [[Moscow]].
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| * 24 March/5 April – He conducts a concert of his own works in [[Paris]].
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| * 29 March/10 April – Death of his sister [[Aleksandra Davydova|Aleksandra]].
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| * 5/17–14/26 April – He crosses the Atlantic Ocean on the steamship ''La Bretagne''.
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| * 14 April/26 April – He arrives in [[New York]] at the start of his American tour, which also takes him to [[Buffalo]], [[Niagara Falls]], [[Baltimore]], [[Washington]] and [[Philadelphia]].
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| * 23 April/5 May – He conducts his [[Coronation March]] at the opening concert of Andrew Carnegie's new Music Hall in [[New York]].
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| * 9 May/21 May – He leaves America bound for [[Hamburg]] on the ''Prince Bismarck''.
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| * 28 May/28 May – He returns to his former home at [[Maydanovo]].
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| * July–December – He works on the opera ''[[Iolanta]]''.
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| * 4 November/16 November – [[Moscow]] Premiere of ''[[The Queen of Spades]]''.
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| * 6 November/18 November – He conducts the premiere of the symphonic ballad ''[[The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad)|The Voyevoda]]'', and then attempts to destroy the score.
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| * 21 December/2 January 1892 – He conducts an all-Tchaikovsky concert in [[Kiev]].
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| ==1892==
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| * 2 January/14 January – He conducts an all-Tchaikovsky concert in [[Warsaw]].
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| * 7 January/19 January – He is impressed by a performance of ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]'' in [[Hamburg]] conducted by [[Gustav Mahler]].
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| * February–March – He completes work on the ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', from which he compiles a [[The Nutcracker (suite)|suite]].
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| * 7 March/19 March – Premiere of the suite from ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]] conducted by Tchaikovsky.
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| * 29 April/10 May – He moves from [[Maydanovo]] to his last home at [[Klin]].
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| * May – He begins sketches for a [[Symphony in E-flat major]].
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| * June – He visits [[Vichy]] with his nephew [[Vladimir Davydov]].
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| * September–October – He travels to [[Vienna]], [[Itter]] and [[Prague]].
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| * November – He abandons sketches for the [[Symphony in E-flat major]].
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| * 24 November/6 December – Premiere of the revised sextet ''[[Souvenir de Florence]]'' in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 6 December/18 December – Premieres of ''[[Iolanta]]'' and ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 20 December/1 January 1893 – He visits [[Fanny Dürbach]] in Montbeliard, Switzerland.
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| ==1893==
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| * 2 January/14 January – He conducts an all-Tchaikovsky concert in [[Brussels]].
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| * 12 January/24 January – He arrives in [[Odessa]] to conduct a series of concerts of his own works, and to have his portrait painted by [[Nikolay Kuznetsov]].
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| * 25 January/6 February – He leaves [[Odessa]] for [[Kamenka]] and [[Kharkov]].
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| * 3 February/15 February – He returns to [[Klin]], where he starts to sketch the [[Symphony No. 6]].
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| * 11 March/23 March – He arrives in [[Kharkov]] to conduct concerts of his own works.
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| * 18 March/30 March – He returns to [[Klin]] and resumes work on the [[Symphony No. 6]].
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| * 13 May/25 May – He departs for England via Germany.
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| * 20 May/1 June – He conducts his [[Symphony No. 4]] at a Royal Philharmonic Society concert in [[London]].
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| * 31 May/12 June – He conducts ''[[Francesca da Rimini]]'' at a concert in [[Cambridge]].
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| * 1 June/13 June – He receives an Honorary Doctorate of Music at [[Cambridge]] University, together with Boito, [[Saint-Saëns]], Bruch, and [[Grieg]] (who is too ill to attend the ceremony).
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| * 18 July/30 July – He returns home to [[Klin]], where he begins converting the abandoned [[Symphony in E-flat major]] into the [[Piano Concerto No. 3]].
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| * August – He travels to [[Hamburg]] for a production of ''[[Iolanta]]''.
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| * 9 October/21 October – Premiere of the vocal quartet ''[[Night]]'' in [[Moscow]], in the presence of the composer.
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| * 10 October/22 October – He arrives in [[Saint Petersburg]] to stay at his brother [[Modest]]'s apartment at 13 Malaya Morskaya Street.
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| * 16 October/28 October – He conducts the premiere of the [[Symphony No. 6]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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| * 20 October/1 November – He dines out at Leiner's restaurant with friends.
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| * 21 October/2 November – He complains of stomach pains, and a doctor is called, who diagnoses cholera.
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| * 22 October/3 November – Treatment begins, and he feels better.
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| * 22 October/3 November–23 October/4 November – His condition gradually deteriorates.
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| * 25 October/6 November – Tchaikovsky dies around 3 am local time (around 00.30 GMT) from complications arising from the cholera infection (uræmia and œdema of lungs).
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| * 26 October/7 November–27 October/8 November – Requiem services and tributes are held throughout Russia.
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| * 28 October/9 November – His funeral takes place in the Kazan Cathedral in [[Saint Petersburg]]. He is buried in Tikhvinsky Cemetery at the Aleksandr Nevsky Monastery.
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