April 21 – Haydn's Creation is performed in London. In the interval, Samuel Wesley plays one of his own organ concertos.[1]
June 2 – The premiere of Cesare in Farmacusa, with music by Antonio Salieri and words by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi, takes place at the Kärntnertortheater, Vienna.[1]
September 6 – During Lord Nelson's visit to Eisenstadt, his companion Emma, Lady Hamilton, performs Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos and The Battle of the Nile, with Haydn himself on piano.
October 14 – Nine-year-old prodigy Jakob Meyer Beer makes his début on the concert platform, playing a Mozart piano concerto; Jakob later reinvents himself as Giacomo Meyerbeer.[1]