Events Béatrice et Bénédict, opera by Hector Berlioz, debuts in Baden-Baden (August 9) Ludwig von Köchel publishes Chonologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Catalogue of Mozart's Works or "The Köchel Catalog") Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino debuts in Saint Petersburg (November 10) Popular music hits "Maryland, My Maryland" by James R. Randall "The Merry, Merry Month of May" by Stephen Foster Births January 29 - Frederick Delius, composer February 17 - Edward German, composer August 22 - Claude Debussy, composer Deaths