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EVENTS

Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva .

Ballerina Fanny Elssler makes her debut at the Paris Opéra .

POPULAR MUSIC

" Alphabet Song " (copyrighted by C. Bradlee)

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Hector Berlioz - ''Harold in Italy''

William Sterndale Bennett - ''Piano Concerto in C Minor''

OPERA

John Barnett - ''The Mountain Sylph''

Konradin Kreutzer - ''Das Nachtlager von Granada''

Saverio Mercadante - ''Uggiero il danese''

BIRTHS

January 14 - William Cleaver Francis Robinson

February 28 - Sir Charles Santley , singer

August 17 - Peter Benoit

August 31 - Amilcare Ponchielli , composer

''date unknown'' - Sabine Baring-Gould , hymn-writer

DEATHS

October 8 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu , composer