| Timeline |
| 1797 |
Born 31 January in a suburb of Vienna; the son of a teacher and choirmaster |
| 1808 |
Joins Imperial Boys Choir |
| 1811 |
Makes first attempts at composition |
| 1812 |
Studies with the Vienna court composer Antonio Salieri |
| 1814 |
Joins his father as a schoolmaster while beginning to compose seriously |
| 1816 |
Abandons school teaching for a musical career |
| 1819 |
Tours Upper Austria with the singer Johann Vogl, who inspired many of his songs |
| 1825 |
Joins committee of the prestigious Viennese music institution Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde |
| 1827 |
Torch bearer at Beethoven's funeral |
| 1828 |
One of his few successful public concerts. Dies in Vienna on 19 November |
