Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Timeline

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; 7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. He was honored in 1884 by Tsar Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension. (Intro from Wikipedia)

May 7, 1840 - Votkinsk, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is born

January 9, 1842 - Votkinsk - Sister Aleksandra is born

April 22, 1843 - Votkinsk - Brother Ippolit is born

November 1(?), 1844 - Votkinsk - Tchaikovsky family hires Fanny Dürbach, a 22-year-old french governess. Pyotr becomes attached to her reportedly as a counter to his mother's coldness and emotional distance from him

January(?) 1(?), 1845 - Votkinsk - Pyotr begins piano lessons with Mariya Palchikova

January(?) 1(?), 1846 - Votkinsk - Pyotr becomes fluent in french and german

September 1(?), 1848 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky family moves to Moscow. Fanny Dürbach leaves her position as governess

November 1(?), 1848 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky family moves to Saint-Petersburg. Pyotr is sent to a boarding school, with music lessons with a private teacher

May 1(?), 1849 - Alapayevsk, Ural Mountains - Tchaikovsky family moves to Alapayevsk in the Ural Mountains

May 13, 1850 - Alapayevsk - Twin brothers Anatoly and Modest are born

September 3, 1850 - Alapayevsk(?) - Attends a production of Mikhail Glinka's opera "A Life for the Tsar" which deeply impacts him

September 15(?), 1850 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr is sent to the Imperial School of Jurisprudence's preparatory school
October 1(?), 1850 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr sees a production of Adolphe Adam's ballet "Giselle"
June 1(?), 1851 - Nadino, near Saint-Petersburg - Summer holidays at Nadino
September 1(?), 1851 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit from his father
May 1(?), 1852 - Saint-Petersburg - His family moves from Alapayevsk to join him in Saint-Petersburg
April 1(?), 1853 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr is transfered to the Imperial School of Jurisprudence to begin a 7-year course of studies. He becomes active in the School's choir
June 25, 1854 - Saint-Petersburg - His mother, Alexandra Andreyevna, dies of cholera, leaving him with a trauma for the rest of his life
August 27, 1854 - Oranienbaum (Lomonosov, near Saint-Petersburg) - Writes his first piece, "Anastasie-Valse"
January(?) 1(?), 1855 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky's father funds private lessons with Rudolph Kündinger. While impressed with the boy's talent, Kündinger says he sees nothing to suggest a future composer or performer
January(?) 1(?), 1856 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr meets the italian singer and teacher, Luigi Piccioli, who recognizes the young man's musical talent and later influences him
October(?) 1(?), 1858 - Saint-Petersburg - First attempt at conducting the school choir, at the request of singing master Gavryl Lomakin
May 25, 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - 19-year-old Tchaikovsky graduates as a titular counselor
June 15, 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - Appointed to the Ministry of Justice in Saint-Petersburg
December 15(?), 1859 - Saint-Petersburg - Becomes a junior assistant
February 15(?), 1860 - Saint-Petersburg - Becomes a senior assistant
July(?) 1(?), 1860 - Imatra, Finland - Summer at Imatra, Finland
November 18, 1860 - Saint-Petersburg - His sister Aleksandra marries Lev Davydov and moves to her husband's family estate at Kam'yanka, Ukraine
April(?) 1(?), 1861 - Saint-Petersburg - Indulges in many homosexual escapades
July 18, 1861 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
July 22, 1861 - Hamburg, Germany - Arrives for a six-day stay in Hamburg
July 29, 1861 - Antwerp - Arrives in Antwerp
August 1, 1861 - Brussels - Brief stop in Brussels on his way from Antwerp to Ostend
August 3, 1861 - Ostende - Arrives in Ostende for a 5-day stay
August 8, 1861 - London - Arrives in London
August 14, 1861 - London | Paris - Departs from London. Arrives in Paris
September 30(?), 1861 - Paris - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
October(?) 5(?), 1861 - Saint-Petersburg - Attends Russian Musical Society classes in music theory
January(?) 1(?), 1862 - Saint-Petersburg - The Saint-Petersburg Conservatory opens. Tchaikovsky enrolls at the Conservatory as part of its premiere class. "Mezza Notte" becomes his first published composition

Tchaikovsky, 1863

April 23, 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky abandons his civil servant career =(START)
May 28, 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Attends a performance of Aleksandr Serov's opera "Judith"
July(?) 1(?), 1863 - Pavlodar - Stays with Aleksey Apukhtin at Pavlodar
September(?) 1(?), 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Begins composition classes with Anton Rubinstein
December(?) 1(?), 1863 - Saint-Petersburg - Starts giving private piano lessons
June 1(?), 1864 - Trostianets, Ukraine - Visit to Ukraine, staying in Trostianets. He begins writing the overture "The Storm"
August 1(?), 1864 - Trostianets - Tchaikovsky completes the Overture "The Storm" Op.posth.76
October(?) 1(?), 1864 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets composer Aleksandr Serov. Anatoly and Modest learn of Tchaikovsky's homosexuality
June 1(?), 1865 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs. Begins writing "Scherzo à la russe", "Overture in C Minor" and translates F.A.Gevaert's "Handbook for intrumentation"
August 1(?), 1865 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Moscow (via Kiev)
September 4, 1865 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Visit to Saint Sofia's Cathedral
September 9, 1865 - Kiev - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
September 11, 1865 - Pavlovsk Park, near Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky's "Characteristic Dances" is conducted by Johann Strauss II at a concert in Pavlovsk Park
November 11, 1865 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Ouverture in F major, conducted by Tchaikovsky at Mikhaylovsy Palace
December 1(?), 1865 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky graduates from Saint-Petersburg Conservatory. Nikolai Rubinstein offers him the post of Professor of Music Theory at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory. He accepts the post eagerly
January 10, 1866 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the cantata "Ode to Joy" at the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory graduation examinations. Tchaikovsky earns a silver medal
January 19, 1866 - Moscow - Becomes teacher of musical Theory in the classes of the Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society
March 16, 1866 - Moscow - Premiere of the revised Overture in F major in Moscow
May 1(?), 1866 - Peterhof, Saint-Petersburg - Summer with his family. Tchaikovsky begins writing his First Symphony
August 30(?), 1866 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg to ask for the opinion of his former teachers, Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Zaremba. They refuse to perform any of the symphony
September 5(?), 1866 - Moscow - Nikolay Rubinstein commissions Tchaikovsky to compose a Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem to be played for the visit of the Tsarevich to Moscow, accompanied by his new Danish bride, Princess Dagmar of Denmark
September 13, 1866 - Moscow - Becomes employed at the new Moscow Conservatory, with Nikolay Rubinstein as its director
December 20(?), 1866 - Saint-Petersburg - Despite his former teacher's opinions, Tchaikovsky finishes his Symphony No.1 before Christmas with modifications requested by them
February 10, 1867 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem"
February 23, 1867 - Moscow - The adagio and Scherzo of his First symphony are played at a Russian Musical Society concert, with no success
March 1(?), 1867 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky begins writing the opera "The Voyevoda"
June 1(?), 1867 - Imatra, Finland - Visit to Imatra, Finland
June 10(?), 1867 - Vyborg, Finland - Visit to Vyborg, Finland
June 15(?), 1867 - Haapsalu, Estonia - Stays with the Davydovs at Haapsalu, Estonia
August 26, 1867 - Haapsalu, Estonia - Departs from Haapsalu
October 1(?), 1867 - Kuntsevo, near Moscow - Day trip at Kuntsevo
December 1(?), 1867 - Moscow - Meets Hector Berlioz, who conducts two concerts in Moscow
December 22, 1867 - Moscow - The scherzo is performed at a Moscow concert of the Russian Musical Society
February 15, 1868 - Moscow - Premiere of his Symphony No.1 in G minor Op.13. A great success!
March 2, 1868 - Moscow - Conducts "Characteristic Dances" at a charity concert
April 1(?), 1868 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets Aleksandr Borodin during a trip to Saint-Petersburg
June 1(?), 1868 - Berlin, Germany - Visit to Berlin
June 20(?), 1868 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
August 1(?), 1868 - Paris - Departs from Paris
August 5(?), 1868 - Sillamäe, Estonia - Spends August with his brothers and Davydov family. Tchaikovsky finishes writing the opera "The Voyevoda"
September 1(?), 1868 - Moscow - Becomes romantically involved with opera singer Désirée Artôt
October 1(?), 1868 - Moscow - Begins writing the symphonic poem "Fatum"
December 1(?), 1868 - Moscow - Completes the symphonic poem "Fatum"
February 11, 1869 - Moscow - Premiere of the opera "The Voyevoda" Op.3
February 27, 1869 - Moscow - Premiere of the symphonic poem "Fatum", conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein
March 29, 1869 - While in Moscow - The Symphonic poem "Fatum" is performed in Saint-Petersburg, conducted by Balakirev
June 1(?), 1869 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs, specially to attend his brother Ippolit's wedding
July 1(?), 1869 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
September 15, 1869 - While in Moscow(?) - Désirée Artôt marries another man, the spanish baritone Mariano Padilla y Ramos
March 16, 1870 - Moscow - First performance of "Romeo and Juliet", conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein
May 30(?), 1870 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
June 1(?), 1870 - Paris - Visits his sick friend Vladimir Shilovsky in Paris
June 5(?), 1870 - Paris - Departs from Paris
June 13, 1870 - Soden, Germany - Arrives at Soden
June 20(?), 1870 - Soden | Mannheim, Germany - Travels to Mannheim to attend the Beethoven centennial festival
July(?) 1(?), 1870 - Wiesbaden - Visit to his friend Nikolay Rubinstein
July 17, 1870 - Soden, Germany - Departs from Soden
July 22, 1870 - Interlaken, Switzerland - Flees to Switzerland following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War
August 1(?), 1870 - Munich, Germany - Passing through Munich on his way to Saint-Petersburg
August 20(?), 1870 - Vienna, Austria - Passing through Vienna on his way to Saint-Petersburg
September 11, 1870 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Modest Tchaikovsky
September 16, 1870 - Moscow - Letter to Anatoly Tchaikovsky
March 28, 1871 - Moscow - Concert in Moscow
June 1(?), 1871 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs
July 10(?), 1871 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at the family estate of his friend Nikolay Kondratyev at Nizy
August 15(?), 1871 - Usovo - Visit to Usovo
December 20(?), 1871 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
December 30(?), 1871 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
January 1(?), 1872 - Nice, France - Visit to Nice with Vladimir Shilovsky
January 3, 1872 - Nice - Departs from Nice
January 5(?), 1872 - Paris - Departs from Paris
January 10(?), 1872 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin
February 1(?), 1872 - Genoa, Italy - Passing through Genoa on his way back to Russia
February 2(?), 1872 - Vienna, Austria - Passing through Vienna on his way back to Russia
February 17, 1872 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the second version of "Romeo and Juliet", conducted by Eduard Nápravník
March 1(?), 1872 - Moscow - Commissioned to write the Cantata for the opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition in Moscow
June 12, 1872 - Moscow - Premiere of the Cantata for the opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition in Moscow
June 13, 1872 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Summer holiday at Kam'yanka in Ukraine with his sister Aleksandra's family, the Davydovs
July 14, 1872 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Nizy (via Kiev)
July 15, 1872 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Visit to Saint Sofia's Cathedral
July 17, 1872 - Kiev - Departs to Nizy
July 18, 1872 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Returns to Nizy
July 28, 1872 - Nizy - Departs to Usovo
July 29, 1872 - Vorozhba - While on his way from Nizy to Usovo, he looses his wallet at Vorozhba. He manages to continue his journey once the wallet is found
August 1(?), 1872 - Usovo - Arrives at Usovo. Completes his Symphony No.2
August 26, 1872 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
January 7, 1873 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky plays the finale of his Second Symphony at Rimsky-Korsakov's house
February 7, 1873 - Moscow - Premiere of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17
March 7, 1873 - While in Moscow(?) - Premiere of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 in Saint-Petersburg, conducted by Eduard Nápravník
April 9, 1873 - Moscow - Performance of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17
May 27, 1873 - Moscow - Performance of his Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17
June(?) 1(?), 1873 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Stop at Nizy on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
June 30, 1873 - Kam'yanka, S. of Cherkasy, Ukraine - Arrives at Kam'yanka to spend a week before travelling to western Europe
July 8, 1873 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 9, 1873 - Birzula (Podilsk, Ukraine) - Passing by Birzula on his way to Breslau, Germany
July 10, 1873 - Myslowitz (Mysłowice, Poland) - Passing by Myslowitz on his way to Breslau, Germany
July 12, 1873 - Breslau, Germany - Overnight stay in Breslau
July 13, 1873 - Dresden, Germany - Arrives in Dresden
July 18, 1873 - Cologne, Germany - Overnight stay in Cologne while travelling between Dresden and Zurich
July 21, 1873 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Arrives in Lucerne by steamship
July 22, 1873 - Berne, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Berne, on his way to Vienna
July 25, 1873 - Montreux, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Montreux, on his way to Vienna
July 26, 1873 - Vevey, Switzerland - Two-days at Vevey
July 28, 1873 - Geneva, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Geneva, on his way to Turin
July 30, 1873 - Milan | Como, Italy - Passing through Milan. Visit to Como
August 2, 1873 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
August 8(?), 1873 - Paris - Departs from Paris
August 15(?), 1873 - Usovo - Arrives at Usovo. Works on the fantasia "The Tempest"
September(?) 1(?), 1873 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
December 19, 1873 - Moscow - Premiere of "The Tempest" in Moscow

Tchaikovsky, 1874

March 22, 1874 - Moscow - Premiere of the "String Quartet No.2" in Moscow
April 24, 1874 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "The Oprichnik" at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
April 29, 1874 - Venice, Italy - Visit to Venice
April 30, 1874 - Rome, Italy - Visit to Rome
May 2, 1874 - Rome | Naples - Departs from Rome and reaches Naples
May 6, 1874 - Pozzuoli, Italy - Visit to Pozzuoli
May 7, 1874 - Naples, Italy - Departs from Naples
May 8, 1874 - Pompeii, Italy - Visit to Pompeii
May 9, 1874 - Florence, Italy - Arrives in Florence
May 15(?), 1874 - Florence - Departs from Florence
June 14, 1874 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at Nizy. Begins writing his opera "Vakula the Smith"
July 22(?), 1874 - Nizy - Departs to Usovo
July 25(?), 1874 - Usovo - Returns to Usovo
September 2, 1874 - Usovo - Completes the Opera "Vakula the Smith"
September 5(?), 1874 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
December 20, 1874 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev for the production of his opera "The Oprichnik"
December 23, 1874 - Kiev - Departs from Kiev
January 5, 1875 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky finishes his Piano Concerto No.1 and show his work to his friend Nikolai Hubert and Rubinstein, who detests the music
May 1(?), 1875 - Moscow - Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, director of the Moscow Imperial Theatres, commissions the score of "Swan Lake" from Tchaikovsky
May 12, 1875 - Moscow - Letter to Anatoly Tchaikovsky: "All my thoughts are now intent upon my beloved child, darling Vakula the Smith. You would not imagine how I love him! It seems to me that I will positively go mad if I don't succeed with him"
June(?) 1(?), 1875 - Usovo - Arrives at Usovo
June 17, 1875 - Usovo - Begins writing his Symphony No.3
July 2, 1875 - Usovo - Departs from Usovo
July 14, 1875 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at Nizy to work on his Symphony No.3
July 27, 1875 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
August 20(?), 1875 - Usovo - Spending a few days at Usovo
October 25, 1875 - While in Usovo - Hans von Bülow gives the premiere of the Piano Concerto No.1 in Boston, United States
November 13, 1875 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of his Piano Concerto No.1 in Saint-Petersburg. Tchaikovsky says that pianist Gustav Kross reduced the work to "an atrocious cacophony"
November 19, 1875 - Moscow - Premiere of his Symphony No.3 in Moscow
November 20(?), 1875 - Moscow - Meets Camille Saint-Saëns in Moscow
December 30(?), 1875 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
January 10(?), 1876 - Geneva, Switzerland - Arrives in Geneva to say with his sister Aleksandra
January 15, 1876 - Geneva | Paris - Departs from Geneva. Arrives in Paris. Attends Bizet's "Carmen" and is greatly impressed
January 23, 1876 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin from Paris
January 28, 1876 - Moscow - Premiere of the Sérénade Mélancolique
March 30, 1876 - Moscow - Premiere of the String Quartet No.3
April 9, 1876 - Glebovo - Arrives at Glebovo to work on his ballet "Swan Lake"
April 24, 1876 - Glebovo - Tchaikovsky completes the ballet "Swan Lake". Departs from Glebovo
May 6, 1876 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Chorus for the Jubilee of Osip Petrov in Saint-Petersburg
June 9, 1876 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Returns to Nizy to stay with Nikolay Kondratyev
June 14, 1876 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Nizy to Kam'yanka
June 16, 1876 - Kam'yanka - Visit to Kam'yanka, however, he is unable to work because of fever
June 30, 1876 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 2, 1876 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna
July 8, 1876 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
July 9, 1876 - Lyon, France - Arrives in Lyon to visit Modest
July 13, 1876 - Vichy, France - Travels to Vichy, for the cure
July 24, 1876 - Lyon - Returns to Lyon for two more days
August(?) 1(?), 1876 - Avignon, France - Passes through Avignon while on his way from Lyon to Montpellier
August(?) 2(?), 1876 - Montpellier, France - Arrives at Montpellier
August 10, 1876 - Paris - Departs to Bayreuth
August 12, 1876 - Bayreuth, Germany - Attends the Premiere of Wagner's "Ring Cycle" in Bayreuth. Meets Franz Liszt
August 18, 1876 - Bayreuth, Germany - Departs from Bayreuth
August 19, 1876 - Nuremberg, Germany - Passing through Nuremberg
August 20, 1876 - Vienna, Austria - Overnight stop in Vienna on his return to Russia
August 24, 1876 - Verbovka (Verbivka, S. of Cherkasy) - Arrives at Verbovka to complete his Symphony No.3
September 10(?), 1876 - Usovo - Visiting Usovo to borrow money from Vladimir Shilovsky
September 20, 1876 - Verbovka - Departs from Verbovka
November 17, 1876 - Moscow - Premiere of the Slavonic March in Moscow
December 6, 1876 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Opera "Vakula the Smith" Op.14
December 15(?), 1876 - Moscow - Meets Leo Tolstoy in Moscow
December 30, 1876 - Moscow - Sends the first letter to Nadezhda von Meck, and their solely epistolary friendship begins
January 5, 1877 - Moscow - Letter to Leo Tolstoy
February 25, 1877 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - Conducts his Slavonic March
March 4, 1877 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - Premiere of the ballet "Swan Lake" Op.20
March 9, 1877 - Moscow - Premiere of Francesca da Rimini
April 7, 1877 - Moscow - Letter from Antonina Milyukova
June 1, 1877 - Moscow - Meets Antonina Milyukova for the first time
June 4, 1877 - Moscow - Proposes marriage to Antonina Milyukova
June 10, 1877 - Glebovo - Arrives at Glebovo to work on his opera "Yevgeny Onegin"
July 7, 1877 - Glebovo - Departs from Glebovo
July 18, 1877 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky marries Antonina Miliukova
July 19, 1877 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky and Antonina arrive in Saint-Petersburg for their honeymoon
July 26, 1877 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky and Antonina return to Moscow
August 9, 1877 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev after leaving his wife back in Moscow
August 11, 1877 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Works on orchestrations of his Fourth Symphony and the opera "Yevgeny Onegin"
September 20, 1877 - Kam'yanka | Kiev - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Kiev to hear Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Kiev Opera
September 24, 1877 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
October 1(?), 1877 - While in Moscow(?) - Nadezhda von Meck offers him a regular allowance, which gives him financial independence
October 6, 1877 - Moscow - End of his marriage to Antonina Milyukova
October 16, 1877 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
October 19, 1877 - Berlin - Departs from Berlin
October 20, 1877 - Geneva, Switzerland - Reaches Geneva on his way to Clarens
October 22, 1877 - Geneva - Travels to Clarens with Anatoly
November 13, 1877 - Clarens, Switzerland - Departs to Rome
November 16, 1877 - Florence, Italy - Two-day stop in Florence on his way to Rome
November 19, 1877 - Rome, Italy - Tchaikovsky waits the arrival of his sketches for "Symphony No.4" which he accidentally left in Moscow
November 22, 1877 - Rome - Departs from Rome
November 23, 1877 - Venice - Arrives in Venice
November 30, 1877 - While in Venice - Premiere of the Variations on a Rococo theme in Moscow
December 1, 1877 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna with Iosif Kotek. Works on his Symphony No.4
December 12, 1877 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
December 14, 1877 - Venice, Italy - Returns to Venice
December 28, 1877 - Venice | Milan - Departs from Venice. Attends a performance of Filippo Marchetti's opera "Ruy Blas" in Milan
December 31, 1877 - San Remo - Arrives at San Remo
January 7, 1878 - San Remo - Departs from San Remo
January 8, 1878 - Milan, Italy - Attends the premiere of Gounod's opera "Cinq-Mars" at La Scala
January 10, 1878 - Genoa, Italy - Overnight stay in Genoa on his way from Milan to San Remo
January 12, 1878 - San Remo - Returns to San Remo. Completes his Symphony No.4 and "Yevgeny Onegin"
January 25, 1878 - While in San Remo - His sister Zinayda dies
February 3, 1878 - Nice, France - Arrives at Nice for a two days stay
February 6, 1878 - Genoa - Arrives in Genoa
February 14, 1878 - Monaco - Overnight stay in Monaco as guest of russian pianist Mikhail Azanchevsky
February 19, 1878 - Pisa, Italy - Arrives in Pisa with Modest
February 21, 1878 - Florence - Arrives in Florence with Modest
February 22, 1878 - While in Florence - Premiere of his Symphony No.4
March 7, 1878 - Florence - Departs to Clarens
March 9, 1878 - Clarens, Switzerland - Arrives at Clarens with Modest
April 11, 1878 - Clarens - Writes the "Violin Concerto"
April 17, 1878 - Clarens - Departs to Kam'yanka
April 18, 1878 - Lausanne - Overnight stay on his way back from Clarens to Kam'yanka
April 20, 1878 - Vienna, Austria - Overnight stay on his way back from Clarens to Kam'yanka
April 23, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Reaches Kam'yanka. Tchaikovsky begins writing the "Children's Album", the "12 Pieces" and his "Grand Sonata"
May 24, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Brailov, via Kiev
May 25, 1878 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
May 29, 1878 - Kiev | Brailov (Brailiv, SW of Vinnytsia, Ukraine) - Departs to Brailov and reaches Nadezhda von Meck's estate in the same day
May 30, 1878 - Brailov - Letter to Aleksandra Davydova: "I am living in a palace in the literal sense of the word...", "the furnishings are luxurious, apart from polite and affectionately obliging servants I see no human figures and no-one comes to make my acquaintance, the strolls are charming, and at my disposal I have carriages, horses, a library, several pianos, a harmonium, a mass of sheet music—in a word, what could be better?"
June 11, 1878 - Brailov - Departs from Brailov
June 17, 1878 - Nizy (S. of Sumy, Ukraine) - Arrives at Nizy with his brother Anatoly
June 22, 1878 - Nizy - Departs to Kam'yanka
June 23, 1878 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Nizy to Kam'yanka
June 25, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on piano pieces
July 8, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 16, 1878 - Verbovka (Verbivka, S. of Cherkasy) - Arrives at Verbovka. Completes the "Grand Sonata", "Children's Album", "12 pieces Op.40", "Six Romances Op.38" and "Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom"
August 17, 1878 - Verbovka - Departs from Verbovka
August 18, 1878 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Verbovka to Nizy
August 23, 1878 - Brailov - Arrives at Brailov to work on his "Suite No.1"
August 29, 1878 - Brailov - Departs from Brailov
August 31, 1878 - Verbovka (Verbivka, S. of Cherkasy) - Arrives at Verbovka to continue working on his "Suite No.1"
September 9, 1878 - Verbovka - Departs to Kiev, via Fastov (Fastiv)
September 10, 1878 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev to attend a performance of Verdi's "Aida" at the Kiev Opera
September 15(?), 1878 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow Conservatory to resume teaching
November 1(?), 1878 - Moscow - Tenders his resignation from the Moscow Conservatory on health grounds
November 16, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to work on the "Suite No.1"
November 27, 1878 - Kam'yanka - Departs for Italy
November 29, 1878 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna
December 1, 1878 - Vienna - Continues voyage to Italy
December 2, 1878 - Florence - Settles in Florence. Begins working on "The Maid of Orléans"
December 20, 1878 - While in Florence - Premiere of the "Sérénade Mélancolique Op.26" and "Valse-Scherzo" in Paris
December 28, 1878 - Florence - Departs from Florence
December 30, 1878 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 9, 1879 - Dijon, France - On his way from Paris to Clarens, Tchaikovsky takes shelter from a snowstorm in Dijon
January 11, 1879 - Clarens, Switzerland - Arrives at Clarens to work on the opera "The Maid of Orléans"
January 29, 1879 - Geneva - Day trip to Geneva, where he attends a concert
February 16, 1879 - Clarens - Departs from Clarens
February 18, 1879 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
March 12, 1879 - Paris - Departs from Paris
March 14, 1879 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin
March 19, 1879 - Berlin - Departs from Berlin
March 25(?), 1879 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
March 29, 1879 - Moscow - Premiere of "Yevgeny Onegin" in Moscow
April 21, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to continue work on the "Suite No.1" and the opera "The Maid of Orleans"
May 15, 1879 - Kam'yanka | Brailov (Brailiv, SW of Vinnytsia, Ukraine) - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Brailov in the same day
May 25, 1879 - Brailov - Departs to Kam'yanka, via Fastov (Fastiv)
May 26, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "The Maid of Orleans"
July 2, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
July 4, 1879 - Nizy - Arrives at Nizy to attend his old friend Nikolay Bochechkarov (who would die in August 25th)
July 18, 1879 - Nizy - Departs to Kam'yanka
July 19, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "The Maid of Orleans"
August 19, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
August 20, 1879 - Somaky, Ukraine - Arrives at Somaky
September 11, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka. Begins writing his "Piano Concerto No.2"
October 5, 1879 - Kharkiv - On his way from Moscow to Grankino, he stops overnight in Kharkiv to attends a production of "Faust"
October 6, 1879 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate
October 11, 1879 - Grankino - Departs to Kam'yanka
November 5, 1879 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
November 10(?), 1879 - Moscow - Returns briefly to the Conservatory of Moscow in the Autumn
November 23, 1879 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
November 25, 1879 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
December 17, 1879 - Paris - Departs from Paris
December 19, 1879 - Turin, Italy - Overnight Stay on his way from Paris to Rome
December 20, 1879 - Rome, Italy - Arrives in Rome for an extended stay
January 2, 1880 - Rome - Letter to Vasily Bessel about his Second symphony: "1. I have composed the first movement afresh, leaving only the introduction and coda in their previous form. 2. I have rescored the second movement. 3. I've altered the third movement, shortening and rescoring it. 4. I've shortened the finale and rescored it"
January 16, 1880 - Rome - Letter to Sergei Taneyev about his Second Symphony: "This movement [the first] has come out compressed, short, and is not difficult. If the epithet 'impossible' applies to anything, it is this first movement in its original form. My God! How difficult, noisy, disjointed and muddle-headed this is!"
January 21, 1880 - While in Rome - Ilya Tchaikovsky, his father, dies
February 6, 1880 - Rome - Letter to Vasily Bessel
March 9, 1880 - Vatican, Rome - Visit to the Vatican before departing from Rome: "I sat for a long time in the Sistine Chapel—an absolute miracle. For almost the first time in my life I was enraptured by the art of painting"
March 11, 1880 - Paris - Meets his old friend Nikolay Kondratyev
March 14, 1880 - Paris - Departs from Paris
March 15, 1880 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin
March 19, 1880 - Berlin - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
March 21(?), 1880 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Russia
April 25, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Completes the "Italian Capriccio" and "Piano Concerto No.2"
July 14, 1880 - Kam'yanka | Brailov - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Brailov in the same day
July 20, 1880 - Somaky - Arrives at Somaky
August 10, 1880 - Somaky - Departs from Somaky
August 12, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka
August 18, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Tchaikovsky writes the "Seven Romances Op.47", the "Overture 1812" and the "Serenade for String Orchestra"
September 10, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Tchaikovsky rewrites the ending of "Romeo and Juliet" and gives the pieve the subtitle "Overture-Fantasia"
November 20, 1880 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
December 18, 1880 - Moscow - Hears the premiere of the "Italian Capriccio"
January 3, 1881 - Kiev - Visit to the theatre of Kiev, on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
January 5, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to spend Christmas with his family
January 18, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
February 12, 1881 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of his revised Symphony No.2 in C minor Op.17, in Saint-Petersburg, under the direction of Karl Zike
February 25, 1881 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "The Maid of Orléans" in Saint-Petersburg
February 26, 1881 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs for Vienna
February 27, 1881 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Stop at Vilnius on his way to Vienna, to send a telegram to Nadezhda von Meck
February 28, 1881 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna. Visit to the Vienna State Opera and the Orpheum
March 2, 1881 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
March 4, 1881 - Rome - Arrives at Rome to stay with Nikolay Kondratyev and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich
March 12, 1881 - Naples, Italy - Arrives in Naples
March 21, 1881 - Nice, France - Arrives in Nice
March 23, 1881 - Nice - Learns of Nikolay Rubinstein's death in Paris
March 25, 1881 - Paris - Attends Nikolay Rubinstein's funeral in Paris
April 2, 1881 - Paris - Departs from Paris
May 11, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka. Tchaikovsky begins writing his "All-Night Vigil"
August 2, 1881 - Kiev - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Kiev
August 6, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue work on his "All-Night Vigil"
September 20, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
September 23(?), 1881 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
October 14, 1881 - Kiev - Visit to the Kiev Opera on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
October 17, 1881 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka
November 16, 1881 - Kiev - Attends the marriage of his niece Vera Davydova to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
November 22, 1881 - Kiev - Departs to Italy
November 25, 1881 - Vienna, Austria - Overnight stay on his way to Rome
November 27, 1881 - Venice, Italy - Three-day stay in Venice
November 30, 1881 - Florence, Italy - Overnight stay on his way from Venice to Rome
December 2, 1881 - Rome, Italy - Arrives in Rome. Tchaikovsky begins writing the "Trio in A Minor" Op.50 and works on the Opera "Mazepa"
January 25, 1882 - Rome - Tchaikovsky finishes writing the "Trio in A Minor" Op.50. Letter to Nadezhda von Meck
February 22, 1882 - Pozzuoli, Italy - Arrives at Pozzuoli
March 4, 1882 - Naples - Returns to Naples
March 9, 1882 - Herculaneum, Italy - Visit to Herculaneum
March 12, 1882 - Pompeii, Italy - Visit to Pompeii
March 23, 1882 - Sorrento - Arrives at Sorrento
March 28, 1882 - Florence - Stops for three days in Florence on his way from Sorrento to Vienna
April 5, 1882 - Warsaw - Stop in Warsaw on his return from Vienna to Moscow
April 8(?), 1882 - Moscow - Returns to Russia
May 6, 1882 - Kiev - Overnight stay on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
May 8, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Begins work on his opera "Mazepa"
June 15, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
June 18, 1882 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate
June 19, 1882 - While in Grankino - Premiere of "All-Night Vigil" in Moscow
August 5, 1882 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino
August 7, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "Mazepa"
August 17, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
August 20, 1882 - Moscow - Premiere of the "1812 Overture" conducted by Ippolit Al'Tani in Moscow
September 1, 1882 - Kiev - Overnight stay on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
September 2, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka. Writes "Six Pieces Op.51"
October 2, 1882 - Kiev - Visiting Kiev. Meeting with his publisher
October 8, 1882 - Kiev - Visit to the brother's monastery
October 10, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to continue his work on "Mazepa"
November 24, 1882 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Moscow, via Kiev
November 28, 1882 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Revises "The Maid of Orleans"
December 4, 1882 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow
January 10, 1883 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin. Attends a performance of Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde"
January 14, 1883 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
March 3, 1883 - While in Paris - Premiere of the revised Symphony No.1 in Moscow
May 8, 1883 - Paris - Cares for his niece, Tatyana Davydova, who gives birth to an illegitimate child
May 16, 1883 - Sens, France - Arrives at Sens
May 23, 1883 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin. Attends a performance of "Lohengrin"
May 27, 1883 - Moscow - Premiere of the coronation cantata "Moscow" for the coronation of Tsar Alexander III
June 4, 1883 - Moscow - Premiere of the Coronation March at the coronation of Alexander III
September 16, 1883 - Kiev - Overnight stop on his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka
October 17, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to continue work on his "Suite No.2"
October 25, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
October 26, 1883 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev. Corrects his "Symphony No.1"
October 31, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to work on the "Sixteen songs for Children, Op.54"
November 28, 1883 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
December 1, 1883 - Moscow - Performance of his Symphony No.1 in G minor Op.13 under the baton of Max Erdmannsdörfer
February 15, 1884 - Moscow - Premiere of "Mazepa" in Moscow
February 16, 1884 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Suite No.2"
February 18, 1884 - Moscow - Departs for Paris
February 19, 1884 - Berlin - Passing through Berlin on his way to Paris
February 21, 1884 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
February 24, 1884 - Paris - Attends the christening of Georges-Léon
March 12, 1884 - Paris - Departs from Paris
March 14(?), 1884 - Vienna, Austria - Passing through Vienna on his way back from Paris to Saint-Petersburg
March 19, 1884 - Gatchina, near Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky is summoned to Gatchina for an audience with Tsar Alexander III, who confers on him the Order of Saint Vladimir
April 24, 1884 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka. Begins writing his "Suite No.3"
June 20, 1884 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
June 21, 1884 - Kharkiv - Meets with Modest Tchaikovsky and Nikolay Konradi
June 23, 1884 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Departs from Kharkiv and reaches Grankino estate
August 1, 1884 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino estate
August 3, 1884 - Skabeyevka, Ukraine - Arrives at Skabeyevka to stay at his brother Anatoly's dacha
September 8, 1884 - Skabeyevka - Departs from Skabeyevka
October 1(?), 1884 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets 19-year-old composer Alexander Glazunov
October 31, 1884 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "Yevgeny Onegin" in Saint-Petersburg
November 15, 1884 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
November 19, 1884 - Munich, Germany - Departs from Berlin and reaches Munich
November 21, 1884 - Lindau, Germany - Overnight stay at Lindau on his way from Berlin to Davos
November 23, 1884 - Davos, Switzerland - Visits his dying friend Iosif Kotek
November 29, 1884 - Davos | Zurich - Departs from Davos and reaches Zurich to spend a night
December 5, 1884 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
December 12, 1884 - Paris - Departs to Moscow
December 28, 1884 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Elegy for strings orchestra" in Moscow
January 24, 1885 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the "Suite No.3" in Saint-Petersburg
February 26, 1885 - Maidanovo, near Klin - Tchaikovsky rents a house in Maidanovo and begins writing the opera "Cherevichki"
March 6, 1885 - Moscow - Premiere of the "Concert Fantasia"
April 1(?), 1885 - Maidanovo - Tchaikovsky finishes writing the opera "Cherevichki"
June 1(?), 1885 - Smolensk - Attends the unveiling of a monument to the composer Mikhail Glinka
September 1(?), 1885 - Maidanovo - Tchaikovsky begins writing the opera "The Enchantress"
November 7, 1885 - Kharkiv - On his way from Moscow to Kam'yanka, Tchaikovsky visits Kharkiv's Opera house. Begins writing the "Jurisprudence March"
November 9, 1885 - Kharkiv - Departs from Kharkiv
November 10, 1885 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to continue work on the "Jurisprudence march"
November 22, 1885 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
December 17, 1885 - Moscow - 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
March 23, 1886 - Moscow - Attends the premiere of "Manfred" in Moscow
April 5, 1886 - Kharkiv - Stops overnight en route from Moscow to see his brother Ippolit at Taganrog
April 6, 1886 - Taganrog - Reaches Taganrog
April 9, 1886 - Vladikavkaz - Overnight stay on his way to Tiflis
April 11, 1886 - Mleta, Georgia - Overnight stay on his way from Vladikavkaz to Tiflis
April 12, 1886 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Arrives at Tiflis (Tbilisi) and meets Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Tchaikovsky works on his opera "The Enchantress"
May 1, 1886 - Tiflis - Premiere of the third version of "Romeo and Juliet", conducted by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
May 11, 1886 - Tiflis | Batumi, Georgia - Departs to Paris, via Batumi
May 13, 1886 - Trebizond, Ottoman Empire - Overnight stay in Trebizond
May 16, 1886 - Istanbul - Embarks on a cruise from Istanbul
May 23, 1886 - Marseille, France - Arrives at Marseille
May 27, 1886 - Paris - Reaches Paris. Meets Gabriel Fauré
June 24, 1886 - Paris - Departs from Paris
July 1, 1886 - Maidanovo, near Klin - Returns to Maidanovo
January 31, 1887 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - He substitutes a conductor on short notice at the Bolshoi Theater for the first 3 performances of his opera "Cherevichki", in his debut as conductor
March 17, 1887 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts a Philarmonic Society concert in Saint-Petersburg
May 1(?), 1887 - Maidanovo - Tchaikovsky finishes writing the opera "The Enchantress"
June 2, 1887 - Nizhny Novgorod - On his way to Tiflis (Tbilisi) to see his brother, transfers to a steamship at Nizhny Novgorod
June 3, 1887 - Kazan | Simbirsk (Ulyanovsk) - Visit to Kazan and Simbirsk while travelling down the Volga River
June 4, 1887 - Samara | Syzran - Visit to Samara and Syzran while travelling down the Volga River
June 5, 1887 - Saratov | Kamyshin | Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Visit to Saratov, Kamyshin and Tsaritsyn while travelling down the Volga River
June 9, 1887 - Baku - The steamship reaches Baku
June 11, 1887 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Visit to Tiflis (Tbilisi)
June 13, 1887 - Tiflis - Tchaikovsky visits a production of "The Enchantress"
June 19, 1887 - Astrakhan - Stop at Astrakhan
June 25, 1887 - Borjomi, Georgia - Arrives at Borjomi with his brother Anatoly to take in the spring waters in order to benefit his health
July 18, 1887 - Batumi, Georgia - On his way from Borzhom to Feodosiya he passes Batumi
July 19, 1887 - Feodosiya, Crimea - Arrives at Feodosiya
July 22, 1887 - Sevastopol | Yalta - Visit to his friend Yuliya Shpazhinskaya
July 23, 1887 - Odessa - Arrives at Odessa to attend a concert in the City Gardens
July 24, 1887 - Odessa - Visit to the Cathedral of Odessa
July 26, 1887 - Vienna, Austria - Stops in Vienna on his way to Aachen
July 27, 1887 - Aachen | Cologne, Germany - Travels to Aachen to see his ill friend Nikolay Kondratyev. Visit to Cologne Cathedral
August 14, 1887 - Paris, France - Arrives for 2 days in Paris
August 16, 1887 - Paris - Visit to Anatoly Brandukov and Félix Mackar
August 17, 1887 - Aachen, Germany - Returns to Aachen
September 6, 1887 - Aachen - Departs from Aachen
November 1, 1887 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky conducts the premiere of his opera "The Enchantress"
November 26, 1887 - Moscow - Tchaikovsky conducts his Suite No.4 in Moscow
December 24, 1887 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the premiere of his Suite No.4 in Saint-Petersburg. Tchaikovsky consults with Glazunov, Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov on a detailed program of russian music that he might lead in Paris
December 29, 1887 - Berlin, Germany - Arrives in Berlin
December 30, 1887 - Berlin - Meets Désirée Artôt-Padilla at a concert
December 31, 1887 - Berlin - Visit to Karl Davydov
January 5, 1888 - Leipzig, Germany - Conducts a concert at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Meets Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg and Ethel Smyth
January 7, 1888 - Berlin - On his way to Hamburg
January 10, 1888 - Hamburg - Attends a concert conducted by Hans von Bülow
January 12, 1888 - Lübeck, Germany - Arrives at Lübeck to rehearse for a concert in Hamburg
January 17, 1888 - Hamburg, Germany - Arrives in Hamburg to conduct and rehearse his works
January 20, 1888 - Hamburg - Conducts at the Conventgarten in Hamburg
January 22, 1888 - Hamburg - Departs from Hamburg
January 24, 1888 - Magdeburg - Visit to Magdeburg
January 28, 1888 - Leipzig - Meets Gustav Mahler
February 4, 1888 - Berlin - Meets Désirée Artôt in Berlin
February 8, 1888 - Berlin - Conducts a Philarmonic Society concert in Berlin. Meets Richard Strauss
February 10, 1888 - Berlin | Leipzig - Dinner with Hugo Wolf, Emile Sauret and Edvard Grieg. Returns to Leipzig and attends a performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
February 12, 1888 - Prague - Arrives in Prague
February 19, 1888 - Prague - Conducts a concert in Prague. Meets Antonín Dvořák
February 21, 1888 - Prague - Conducts a concert in Prague
February 24, 1888 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
March(?) 1(?), 1888 - Paris - Conducts three concerts in Paris. Tchaikovsky meets Charles Gounod
March 4, 1888 - Geneva, Switzerland - Arrives in Geneva to rehearse and conduct a concert
March 10, 1888 - Geneva - Departs from Geneva after a concert at the New Theatre (March 9th)
March 19, 1888 - Paris - Departs to London
March 20, 1888 - London - Conducts a concert at the Saint James's Hall in London
March 24, 1888 - London - Departs from London
March 26, 1888 - Vienna, Austria - At the theatre An der Wien he saw a performance of Arthur Sullivan's operetta The Mikado. "I could barely endure two-thirds of one act"
March 28, 1888 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
April 3, 1888 - Taganrog - Arrives for a 3-day stay at Taganrog. Letter to Nadezhda von Meck
April 7, 1888 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Arrives in Tiflis
April 26, 1888 - Tiflis - Completes his "Autobiographical account of a tour abroad in the year 1888". Departs from Tiflis
April 28, 1888 - Vladikavkaz - Passing through Vladikavkaz on his way back to Moscow
May 3, 1888 - Moscow - Arrives in Moscow. Letter to Anatoly
May 6, 1888 - Frolovskoye, near Klin - Settles in a new house at Frolovskoye, near Klin
May 25, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky is approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in Saint-Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, about a possible ballet adaptation on the subject of the story of "Undine"
September 7, 1888 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka
September 14, 1888 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
October 7, 1888 - Spasskoye, NW of Moscow - Visit to Spasskoye
November 17, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the Premiere of the Symphony No.5
November 25, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the Premiere of the Overture-Fantasia "Hamlet"
November 27, 1888 - Prague - Arrives in Prague
December 6, 1888 - Prague - Conducts the Symphony No.5 and "Yevgeny Onegin" in Prague
December 7, 1888 - Vienna, Austria - Resting after conducting a performance of "Yevgeny Onegin" in Prague
December 22, 1888 - Moscow - Conducts the premiere of the Symphony No.5 in Moscow
December 27, 1888 - Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg, Tchaikovsky sends letters sends letters to Eduard Valečka and Claude Paul Taffanel
February 7, 1889 - Berlin, Germany - Stops in Berlin on his way from Saint-Petersburg to Cologne
February 12, 1889 - Cologne, Germany - Concert in Cologne
February 13, 1889 - Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Arrives in Frankfurt am Main
February 15, 1889 - Frankfurt am Main - Concert in the Museum-Konzert in Frankfurt am Main
February 17, 1889 - Dresden, Germany - Arrives in Dresden
February 20, 1889 - Dresden - Concert in Dresden
February 21, 1889 - Berlin - Arrives in Berlin. Daily meetings with Désirée Artôt-Padilla
February 26, 1889 - Berlin - Concert in Berlin
February 27, 1889 - Berlin - Attends a musical evening in his honor
March 1, 1889 - Leipzig, Germany - Arrives for a 3-day visit to the Brodskys
March 9, 1889 - Geneva, Switzerland - Concert in Geneva
March 12, 1889 - Hamburg, Germany - Arrives in Hamburg to conduct and rehearse his works
March 15, 1889 - Hamburg - Concert in Hamburg
March 16, 1889 - Hamburg - Departs to Paris, via Hanover
March 17, 1889 - Hanover - Stops in Hanover for a 2-day stay
March 20, 1889 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris for a few days in the city. Meets Jules Massenet
March 31, 1889 - Paris - Attends the 20th Châtelet Concert
April 9, 1889 - Paris - Departs from Paris
April 10, 1889 - London - Arrives in London
April 11, 1889 - London - Concert in London
April 12, 1889 - London - Departs from London
April 16, 1889 - Marseille - Tchaikovsky boards a steamship to visit his brother Anatoly in Tiflis
April 18, 1889 - Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) - Tchaikovsky disembarks at Smyrna at the end of his Mediterranean steamship voyage from Marseille
April 19, 1889 - Istanbul - Overnight stay on his way from London to see Anatoly in Tiflis (Tbilisi)
April 23, 1889 - Batumi, Georgia - Overnight stay in Batumi on his way from Istanbul to Tiflis
April 25, 1889 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Arrives at Tiflis via Mediterranean Sea. Stays with Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Working on his ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
May 12, 1889 - Tiflis - Concert in his honor at the Artists' Society
May 14, 1889 - Tiflis | Mleta, Georgia - Departs from Tiflis. Stays overnight at Mleta
May 15, 1889 - Vladikavkaz - Overnight stay in Vladikavkaz on his way back
May 19, 1889 - Frolovskoye, near Klin - Letter to Nadezhda von Meck
May 30, 1889 - Frolovskoye - Begins orchestrations on the Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
May 31, 1889 - Frolovskoye - Returns home to Frolovskoye
September 3, 1889 - Kam'yanka - Returns to Kam'yanka to rest
September 16, 1889 - Kam'yanka | Kopylovo (Kopyliv, Ukraine) - Departs from Kam'yanka and reaches Kopylovo
September 17, 1889 - Kiev - Attends a production of "Yevgeny Onegin" at the Kiev Opera
September 30, 1889 - Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - Conducts a new production of "Yevgeny Onegin" at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
December 7, 1889 - Moscow - Conducts the Premiere of the "Pezzo Capriccioso" in Moscow
January 15, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"
January 28, 1890 - Berlin - Overnight stay on his way from Saint-Petersburg to Florence
January 30, 1890 - Florence, Italy - Arrives in Florence to work on his opera "The Queen of Spades"
April 5, 1890 - Florence - Composes the opera "The Queen of Spades" in 44 days
April 8, 1890 - Rome - Arrives in Rome
April 29, 1890 - Rome - Departs from Rome
May 8, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
May 15, 1890 - Frolovskoye - Returns to Frolovskoye
July 19, 1890 - Lobynskoye, S. of Moscow - Visit to singer Nikolay Figner
August 7, 1890 - Terijoki-Finland (Zelonogorsk) | Ozerki, near Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Ozerki and Terijoki
August 13, 1890 - Terijoki-Finland (Zelonogorsk) | Ozerki - Departs from Ozerki and Terijoki
August 20, 1890 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate with Modest
August 26, 1890 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino estate
August 27, 1890 - Kam'yanka - "Concerning my visit to Kamenka, I can say that it has left me with a very sad impression. Everyone seems to have aged, and there is an overwhelming air of melancholy, with no sign of its previous joyfulness"
September 11, 1890 - Kam'yanka | Kiev - Departs to Kopylovo with Nikolay Konradi, via Kiev
September 12, 1890 - Kopylovo (Kopyliv, Ukraine) - Arrives at Kopylovo
September 14, 1890 - Kiev - Visit to the opera company of Ippolit Pryanishnikov, who agrees to produce "The Queen of Spades" in Kiev
September 16, 1890 - Kharkiv - Meets Nikolay Konradi (while travelling from Kiev to Tiflis (Tbilisi))
September 19, 1890 - Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia - Returns to Tiflis. Completes "The Voyevoda"
October 4, 1890 - While in Tiflis - Nadezhda von Meck's last letter to Tchaikovsky
November 1, 1890 - Tiflis - Conducts a concert with "Overture 1812", "Suite No.1" and "Serenade for string Orchestra"
November 4, 1890 - Tiflis - Departs from Tiflis
November 5, 1890 - Vladikavkaz - Overnight stay on his way back from Tiflis
November 7, 1890 - Taganrog - Reaches Taganrog for a 2-day stay on his way back to Moscow
November 12, 1890 - Moscow - Returns to Moscow
December 10, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "Souvenir de Florence" in Saint-Petersburg
December 19, 1890 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of "The Queen of Spades" in Saint-Petersburg
December 23, 1890 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
December 27, 1890 - Kiev - Attends a concert given by the Kiev Amateur Music Society
December 31, 1890 - Kiev - Attends the first performance of "The Queen of Spades" by Ippolit Pryanishnikov's opera company
January 2, 1891 - Kiev - Attends the second performance of "The Queen of Spades" by Ippolit Pryanishnikov's opera company
January 4, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka for the Christmas holidays. (It would be the last time he would see his sister Aleksandra)
January 16, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
February 21, 1891 - Moscow - Premiere of the Incidental Music to "Hamlet" in Moscow
March 13, 1891 - Frolovskoye - Leaves his Frolovskoye house
March 20, 1891 - Berlin, Germany - Attends a concert of his own works
March 22, 1891 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris to conduct and rehearse his own works
April 5, 1891 - Paris - Conducts a concert in Paris
April 6, 1891 - Rouen - Arrives in Rouen
April 9, 1891 - While in Rouen - His sister Aleksandra dies in Kam'yanka
April 15, 1891 - Paris - Visits Paris. Tchaikovsky learns of his sister's death through a russian newspaper
April 17, 1891 - Le Havre, France - Departs to New York on board the steamship "La Bretagne"
April 26, 1891 - New York, United States - The "La Bretagne" reaches New York
May 5, 1891 - New York - Conducts his "Coronation March" at the opening concert of Andrew Carnegie's new Music Hall in New York
May 9, 1891 - New York - Attends a performance of his Piano Concerto No.1 and Handel's "Israel in Egypt"
May 11, 1891 - Buffalo | Niagara Falls - Stop at Buffalo on his way from New York to Niagara Falls
May 15, 1891 - Baltimore - Conducts a concert at the Lyceum Theatre, Baltimore
May 16, 1891 - Washington D.C. - Arrives in Washington D.C.
May 18, 1891 - Philadelphia - Concert at the Academy of Music of Philadelphia
May 19, 1891 - New York - Returns to New York
May 21, 1891 - New York - Departs to Hamburg on board the "Fürst Bismarck"
May 29, 1891 - Hamburg, Germany - The steamship "Fürst Bismarck" arrives at Hamburg. Overnight stay
May 30(?), 1891 - Berlin - Overnight stay in Berlin before continuing voyage to Saint-Petersburg
June 9, 1891 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Giulio Ricordi
June 10, 1891 - Maidanovo, near Klin - Returns to his former home at Maidanovo
September 1, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Arrives at Kam'yanka to work on his opera "Iolanta"
September 8, 1891 - Kam'yanka - Departs from Kam'yanka
November 16, 1891 - Moscow - Premiere of "The Queen of Spades" in Moscow
December 17, 1891 - Reval (Talinn, Estonia) - Two-day visit to Reval
December 29, 1891 - Kiev - Arrives in Kiev
January 2, 1892 - Kiev - Conducts the Kiev branch of the Russian Musical Society in a performance of his "Suite No.3", "The Voyevoda" and the "Overture 1812"
January 5, 1892 - Kam'yanka - Christmas with his family at Kam'yanka
January 7, 1892 - Kam'yanka - Departs to Northern Europe
January 9, 1892 - Warsaw, Poland - Arrives in Warsaw
January 14, 1892 - Warsaw - Conducts a concert in Warsaw
January 16, 1892 - Berlin - Overnight stay on his way from Warsaw to Hamburg
January 17, 1892 - Hamburg, Germany - Tchaikovsky is impressed by a performance of "Yevgeny Onegin" conducted by Gustav Mahler
January 21, 1892 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 31, 1892 - Paris - Departs from Paris
February 6, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
March 19, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Conducts the Premiere of "The Nutcracker" in Saint-Petersburg
May 17, 1892 - Klin - Moves to a new house at Klin to revise his "Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem" for publication
June 1, 1892 - Klin - Begins working on his "Symphony in E-flat major"
June 8, 1892 - Klin - Departs from Klin
June 17, 1892 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
June 24, 1892 - Vichy, France - Visits Vichy with his nephew Vladimir Davydov
July 16, 1892 - Paris - Two-day stop in Paris on his way from Vichy to Saint-Petersburg
July 21, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns to Saint-Petersburg
July 23, 1892 - Klin - Arrives at Klin to correct "The Nutcracker" and "Iolanta" (brief visits to Moscow)
September 11, 1892 - Klin - Departs from Klin
September 18, 1892 - Vienna, Austria - Arrives in Vienna to rehearse and conduct his "Suite No.1"
September 21, 1892 - Vienna - Departs from Vienna
September 22, 1892 - Itter, Austria - Arrives at Itter to visit pianist Vasily Sapelnikov
October 7, 1892 - Itter | Salzburg, Austria - Departs from Itter and reaches Salzburg
October 12, 1892 - Prague - Attends the czech premiere of the opera "The Queen of Spades"
October 19, 1892 - Klin - Returns from a conducting tour
October 30, 1892 - Klin - Begins working on his "Symphony in E-flat major"
November 7, 1892 - Klin - Departs to Saint-Petersburg
December 6, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the revised "Souvenir de Florence"
December 18, 1892 - Saint-Petersburg - Double Premiere of his opera "Iolanta" and the ballet "The Nutcracker"
December 26, 1892 - Berlin, Germany - Stops in Berlin on his way from Saint-Petersburg to visit Fanny Dürbach in Montbéliard
December 30, 1892 - Basel, Switzerland - Overnight stay in Basel on the way to see his former governess Fanny Dürbach at Montbéliard
January 1, 1893 - Montbéliard, Switzerland - Visits Fanny Dürbach in Montbéliard, Switzerland
January 3, 1893 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 9, 1893 - Brussels - Arrives in Brussels
January 14, 1893 - Brussels - Conducts a concert in Brussels
January 21, 1893 - Paris - Departs from Paris
January 24, 1893 - Odessa - Arrives at Odessa to conduct five concerts and to have his portrait painted by Nikolay Kuznetsov
February 6, 1893 - Odessa - Departs to Kam'yanka
February 7, 1893 - Kam'yanka - Visit to Kam'yanka between conducting tours in Odessa and Kharkov
February 13, 1893 - Kharkiv - On his way from Kam'yanka to Klin, Tchaikovsky stays one day in Kharkiv with stomach complaint
February 15, 1893 - Klin - Begins work on his Symphony No.6 at Klin
February 28, 1893 - Klin - Returns from conducting in Moscow to work on the Symphony No.6
March 16, 1893 - Klin - Departs to Moscow and Kharkov
March 23, 1893 - Kharkiv - Arrives at Kharkiv's "Hôtel Europe" to rehearse and conduct some of his works
March 26, 1893 - Kharkiv - Tchaikovsky conducts his Symphony No.2, Overture 1812, the Violin Concerto and "The Tempest"
March 27, 1893 - Kharkiv - Concert in his honor given by students of the Russian Musical Society, followed by a dinner
March 28, 1893 - Kharkiv - Departs from Kharkiv
March 30, 1893 - Klin - Completes the Symphony No.6 at Klin
April 17, 1893 - Klin - Tchaikovsky writes the "Eighteen Pieces Op.72" for piano
May 4, 1893 - Klin - Departs from Klin
May 11, 1893 - Nizhny Novgorod - Arrives at Nizhny Novgorod to visit his brother Anatoly
May 14, 1893 - Klin - Returns to Klin. Tchaikovsky completes the "6 Romances, Op.73"
May 17, 1893 - Klin - Departs from Klin
May 25, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs for England via Germany
May 27, 1893 - Berlin, Germany - Overnight stay in Berlin on his way from Saint-Petersburg to London
May 29, 1893 - Ostend | London, England - Passing through Ostend. Arrives in London
June 1, 1893 - London - Conducts his Symphony No.4 at a Royal Philarmonic Society concert in London

Tchaikovsky, Cambridge 1893

June 12, 1893 - Cambridge, England - Conducts "Francesca da Rimini" in Cambridge
June 13, 1893 - Cambridge - Receives an honorary Doctorate of Music at Cambridge University, together with Saint-Saëns and Grieg (who was ill and didn't attend the ceremony)
June 14, 1893 - London - Last day in London before departing to Paris
June 15, 1893 - Paris, France - Arrives in Paris
June 18, 1893 - Paris - Departs from Paris
June 19, 1893 - Itter, Austria - Arrives at Itter
June 26, 1893 - Itter - Departs to Grankino estate
June 30, 1893 - Grankino (today Oleksandrivka, Kharkov-Ukraine) - Arrives at Grankino estate
July 16, 1893 - Grankino - Departs from Grankino estate
July 30, 1893 - Klin - Returns to Klin after a foreign tour
August 24, 1893 - Klin - Completes his Symphony No.6
September 1, 1893 - Klin - Departs from Klin
September 6, 1893 - Hamburg, Germany - Travels to Hamburg for a production of "Iolanta"
September 7, 1893 - Hamburg - Attends a production of "Iolanta" at the Hamburg Opera House
September 10, 1893 - Hamburg - Departs from Hamburg
September 21, 1893 - Mikhaylovskoye, E. of Nizhny Novgorod - Arrives at Mikhaylovskoye to spend a week at a summer dacha with Anatoly and his family
September 29, 1893 - Mikhaylovskoye - Departs from Mikhaylovskoye:  "What a delight Mikhaylovskoye is!!! It's impossible to describe how good it is here ... I had never expected to end up in some sort of paradise!"
October 6, 1893 - Klin - Letter to polish pianist Zygmunt Stojowski: "As I wrote to you, my new Symphony is finished. I am now working on the scoring of my new (third) concerto for our dear Diémer. When you see him, please tell him that when I proceeded to work on it, I realized that this concerto is of depressing and threatening length. Consequently I decided to leave only part one which in itself will constitute an entire concerto. The work will only improve the more since the last two parts were not worth very much"
October 19, 1893 - Klin - Departs for Moscow
October 21, 1893 - Moscow - Premiere of the vocal quartet "Night" in Moscow
October 22, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Arrives in Saint-Petersburg
October 28, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Premiere of the Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74
November 1, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - After going to the Theatre to see Alexander Ostrovsky's play "The Ardent Heart", Tchaikovsky goes to a restaurant named "Leiner's" with his brother Modest, his nephew Vladimir Davydov, composer Alexander Glazunov and other friends. During the meal "Tchaikovsky ordered a glass of water. Due to an outbreak of cholera in the city, health regulations required water served in restaurants to be boiled before being served. Tchaikovsky was told by the waiter that no boiled water was then available. He then reportedly requested cold unboiled water, which was brought. Warned by others in his party not to drink it, the composer said he did not fear contracting cholera and drank the water anyway" (from wikipedia)
November 2, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Tchaikovsky awakes with diarrhoea and upset stomach. He refuses to see a doctor
November 5, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Suffering full blown cholera
November 6, 1893 - Saint-Petersburg - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies of cholera, aged 53 =(END)