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"year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 7", "text": "7 July – Handel's \"Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate\" is performed at a service in St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate the Peace of Utrecht", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835729#Events", "title": "1713 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835729, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 17", "text": "17 July – George Frideric Handel's Water Music performed on a barge on the River Thames for King George I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320245148#Events", "title": "1717 in Great Britain", "revid": 1320245148, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Water Music by George Frederick Handel is first performed, on a Thames barge in London.", "cite": {"url": 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Handel's Coronation Anthems are composed for the event, including Zadok the Priest, which has been played at every subsequent Coronation of the British monarch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#October–December", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – George Frideric Handel's famous opera Lotario is given its first performance, premiering at the King's Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#October–December", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April", "text": "April–May – first performances of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Esther, the first oratorio in English, in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360140531#Events", "title": "1732 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360140531, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 23", "text": "23 January – first performance of George Frideric Handel's opera Orlando, at the His Majesty's Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835385#Events", "title": "1733 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835385, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – George Frideric Handel's classic opera, Orlando is performed for the first time, making its debut at the King's Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358761924#January–March", "title": "1733", "revid": 1358761924, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365121192#January–March", "title": "1735", "revid": 1365121192, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 8", "text": "8 January – premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295950707#Events", "title": "1735 in Great Britain", "revid": 1295950707, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Alcina, George Frideric Handel's Italian opera, premieres at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365121192#April–June", "title": "1735", "revid": 1365121192, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – George Frideric Handel's opera Faramondo is given its first performance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#January–March", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, premieres in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#April–June", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 15", "text": "15 April – première in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1237000775#Events", "title": "1738 in Great Britain", "revid": 1237000775, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1739, "year_label": "1739 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 16", "text": "16 January – first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul at the His Majesty's Theatre, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835629#Events", "title": "1739 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835629, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 22", "text": "22 August–14 September – George Frideric Handel composes the oratorio Messiah in London to a libretto compiled by Charles Jennens, completing the \"Hallelujah Chorus\" on 6 September. It receives a private rehearsal in Chester in November while Handel is en route to Dublin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835304#Events", "title": "1741 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835304, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1742, "year_label": "1742 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 13", "text": "13 April – first performance of Handel's Messiah staged at Neal's Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin in aid of local charities. Matthew Dubourg leads the orchestra. Handel leaves Ireland on 13 August.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386147#Events", "title": "1742 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386147, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1742, "year_label": "1742 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah is first performed, in Dublin, Ireland in aid of local charities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360184270#April_–June", "title": "1742", "revid": 1360184270, "section": "Events › April –June"}}, {"year": 1742, "year_label": "1742 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 13", "text": "13 April – George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah is first performed in Dublin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835314#Events", "title": "1742 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835314, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson, premieres in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#January–March", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 21", "text": "21 February – premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369569595#January_to_June", "title": "1743 in Great Britain", "revid": 1369569595, "section": "Events › January to June"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 16", "text": "16 June (27 June New Style) – War of the Austrian Succession: the Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria; King George II leads the troops of Britain and Brunswick to victory over the French – the last time a reigning British monarch participates in a battle. The Prime Minister, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, is also present, observing from a carriage. George Frideric Handel writes the oratorio Dettingen Te Deum in celebration of the King's victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369569595#January_to_June", "title": "1743 in Great Britain", "revid": 1369569595, "section": "Events › January to June"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 6", "text": "6 December – first performance of Handel's Irish-premiered oratorio Messiah in Cork, at St. Finbarr's Cathedral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277895272#Arts_and_literature", "title": "1744 in Ireland", "revid": 1277895272, "section": "Arts and literature"}}, {"year": 1746, "year_label": "1746 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 16", "text": "16 April – Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite rising. Culloden is the last pitched battle fought on British soil. George Frideric Handel composes the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus to commemorate the Duke of Cumberland's victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835338#Events", "title": "1746 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835338, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – At London's Covent Garden, composer George Frideric Handel conducts the first performance of his new oratorio, Solomon. More than 250 years later, an instrumental from Solomon, \"The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba\"; will be featured in the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#January–March", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1759, "year_label": "1759 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354612770#Deaths", "title": "1759", "revid": 1354612770, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1759, "year_label": "1759 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 14", "text": "14 April – George Frideric Handel, composer (born 1685 in Saxony-Anhalt)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360198577#Deaths", "title": "1759 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360198577, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A choral society performance of Handel's Messiah is given in Auckland. This the first known performance by such a musical ensemble in New Zealand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373441804#Music", "title": "1856 in New Zealand", "revid": 1373441804, "section": "Arts and literature › Music"}}]}