Editing 1810s (section)

===Music===
* April 27, 1810 – [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] composes his famous piano piece, ''[[Für Elise]]''.
* January 24, 1813 – The Philharmonic Society founded in London (later the [[Royal Philharmonic Society]]).
* December 8, 1813 – [[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's seventh symphony]] is performed for the first time in [[Vienna]]. 
* February 27, 1814 – [[Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's eighth symphony]] is performed for the first time in [[Vienna]], less than three months after his seventh symphony was first performed.  Beethoven reportedly told one of his pupils that the seventh symphony was more popular because his eighth symphony was better.<ref>[[Michael Steinberg (music critic)|Steinberg, Michael]]. "The Symphony: a listeners guide". pp. 44–47. Oxford University Press, 1995.</ref>  It would be over ten years before the first performance of [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|his next symphony]] in Vienna.
* February 20, 1816 – [[Gioachino Rossini]]'s ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' debuts at [[Largo di Torre Argentina|Teatro Argentina]], with a ''fiasco''.
* December 24, 1818 – ''[[Silent Night (song)|Silent Night]]'' composed by [[Franz Gruber (musician)|Franz Xaver Gruber]] and [[Josef Mohr]].