1720: Premiere of Radamisto, opera by Handel.

1749: Premiere of Music for the Royal Fireworks, suite by Handel.

1812: Friedrich von Flotow, composer, born.

1891: Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, composer, born.

1915: Alexander Nikolaievich Skriabin, composer, died.

1992: Olivier (Eugène Prosper Charles) Messiaen, composer and organist, died.