June 14, 1763:
Johannes Simon Mayr is born in Mendorf, near Ingolstadt, Electorate of Bavaria, the second of five surviving children of Joseph Mayr, schoolteacher and organist, and Maria Anna Prantmayer, daughter of a brewer.
September 23, 1781:
Johann Simon Mayr (18) registers at the University of Ingolstadt to study theology and Canon Law.
February 17, 1794:
Saffo ossia I riti d’Apollo Leucadio, a dramma per musica by Johannes Simon Mayr (30) to words of Sografi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
January 26, 1796:
La Lodoiska, a dramma per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (32) to words of Gonella, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
October 8, 1796:
Johann Simon Mayr’s (33) dramma giocosa Un pazzo ne fa cento to words of Foppa after Somigli, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele, Venice.
November 24, 1796:
Johann Simon Mayr (33) marries Angiola Venturali, a former student and the daughter of a wealthy merchant, in the church of San Cassiano, Venice.
January 16, 1797:
Telemaco nell’Isola di Calipso, a dramma per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (33) to words of Sografi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
September 24, 1797:
Johann Simon Mayr’s (34) farsa giocosa Il segreto to words of Foppa is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice. On the same program is the premiere of his farsa giocosa L’intrigo della lettera, also to words of Foppa.
November 30, 1797:
Johann Simon Mayr's (34) wife Angiola dies in Venice, shortly after giving birth to their son. The child will die on 7 January.
January 15, 1798:
Avviso ai maritati, a dramma giocosa by Johann Simon Mayr (34) to words of Gonella, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Samuele, Venice.
February 14, 1798:
Johann Simon Mayr’s (34) dramma per musica Lauso e Lidia, to words of Foppa after Marmontel, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
April 23, 1798:
Adriano in Siria, a dramma per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (34) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
October 18, 1798:
Johann Simon Mayr’s (35) farsa Che originali to words of Rossi is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
December 27, 1798:
Two farsas by Johann Simon Mayr (35) to words of Mazzolà are performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice: Amor ingegnoso and L’ubbidienza per astuzia .
May 1, 1799:
Adelaide di Guesclino, a dramma per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (35) to words of Rossi after Voltaire, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
October 9, 1799:
Johann Simon Mayr’s (36) farsa Labino e Carlotta to words of Rossi is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
June 28, 1800:
Il carretto del venditore d’aceto, a farsa by Simon Mayr (37) to words of Foppa, is performed for the first time, at the Teatro San Angelo, Venice.
November 5, 1800:
L’equivoco, ovvero Le bizzarie dell’amore, a dramma giocoso by Simon Mayr (37) to words of Foppa, is performed for the first time, at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
December 9, 1800:
L’imbroglione e il castiga-matti, a farsa giocosa by Johann Simon Mayr (37) to words of Foppa, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
December 26, 1800:
Gli sciti, a dramma per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (37) to words of Rossi after Voltaire, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
April 19, 1801:
A dramma serio eroico per musica, Ginevra di Scozia, with music by Simon Mayr (37) to words of Rossi after Ariosto, is performed for the first time, in Trieste, at the inauguration of the Teatro Nuovo.
August 18, 1801:
Le due giornate, a dramma eroicomico per musica by Simon Mayr (38) to words of Foppa after Bouilly, is performed for the first time, in Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
December 26, 1801:
I virtuosi, a farsa by Simon Mayr (38) to words of Rossi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Luca, Venice.
January 16, 1802:
I misteri eleusini, a dramma per musica by Simon Mayr (38) to words of Bernardoni, is performed for the first time, at Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
June 2, 1802:
By the wishes of the retiring kapellmeister, Carlo Lenzi, Simon Mayr (38) becomes kapellmeister of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo.
January 29, 1803:
Ercole in Lidia, a dramma per musica by Simon Mayr (39) to words of de Gamerra, is performed for the first time, in the Burgtheater, Vienna.
December 26, 1803:
Alonso e Cora, a dramma per musica by Simon Mayr (40) to words of Bernardoni after Marmontel, is performed for the first time, at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
May 18, 1804:
Amor non ha ritegno, a melodramma eroicomico by Simon Mayr (40) to words of Marconi after Gozzi, is performed for the first time, at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
August 5, 1804:
Elisa, ossia Il monte San Bernardo, a dramma sentimentale per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (41) to words of Rossi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice.
October 25, 1804:
Johann Simon Mayr (41) marries Lucrezia Venturali in Venice. She is the sister of his first wife Angiola who died in 1797 shortly after giving birth.
January 8, 1805:
Eraldo ed Emma, a dramma eroico per musica by Simon Mayr (41) to words of Rossi, is performed for the first time, in the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
March 12, 1805:
A new music school, Le Lezioni Caritatevoli, is founded in Bergamo, led by Johann Simon Mayr (41).
May 26, 1805:
Emperor Napoléon I is crowned King of Italy in Milan Cathedral. Some of the music is the first performance of a Te Deum by Johann Simon Mayr (41) for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra.
June 26, 1805:
L’amor coniugale, a farsa sentimentale by Simon Mayr (42) to words of Rossi after Bouilly, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Nuovo, Padua.
December 26, 1805:
Gli americani, a melodramma eroico by Johann Simon Mayr (42) to words of Rossi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
May 6, 1806:
Johann Simon Mayr (42) opens his new music school, Lezioni Caritatevoli, in Bergamo, founded to provide musicians for the local church. Among the students is Gaetano Donizetti (8).
August 17, 1807:
Nè l’un, nè l’altro, a dramma giocoso by Simon Mayr (44) to words of Anelli, is performed for the first time, at Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
December 26, 1810:
Raùl di Créqui, a melodramma serio by Simon Mayr (47) to words of Romanelli, is performed for the first time, in Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
June 2, 1811:
Cantata per la nascità del re di Roma by Simon Mayr (47) to words of Muletti is performed for the first time, in Bergamo for the benefit of the Pio Instituto Musicale. On the same day, Mayr’s cantata Numa Pompilio to words of Carrara-Spinelli is performed for the first time, in Bergamo for the christening of the King of Rome.
December 26, 1812:
Tamerlano, a melodramma seria by Johann Simon Mayr (49) to words of Romanelli after Voltaire, is performed for the first time, in Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
February 21, 1813:
La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa, a melodramma eroico by Simon Mayr (49) to words of Romani after de Pixérécourt, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Agostino, Genoa.
January 28, 1814:
Elena, a dramma eroicomico per musica by Johann Simon Mayr (50) to words of Tottola, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Fiorentini, Naples.
November 7, 1814:
Le due duchesse, ossia La caccia dei lupi, a dramma semiserio per musica by Simon Mayr (51) to words of Romani, is performed for the first time, in Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
March 20, 1817:
Johann Simon Mayr (53) is elected to the Ateneo of Bergamo.
March 22, 1817:
Mennone e Zemira, a dramma per musica by Simon Mayr (53) to words of Rossi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
May 2, 1817:
Arianna e Bacco, a cantata for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra by Johann Simon Mayr (53), is performed for the first time, in the Scuola Musicale, Bergamo.
December 26, 1817:
Lanassa, a melodramma eroico by Johann Simon Mayr (54) to words of Rossi and Merelli after Lemierre, is performed for the first time, in Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
February 17, 1818:
Arianna a Nasso, a cantata by Johann Simon Mayr (54), is performed for the first time, possibly in Naples.
August 3, 1820:
Simon Mayr (57) reads his study of Franchinus Gaffurius (†298) to the Ateneo, Bergamo. It is the first part of a projected book on various people by Mayr. He will be prevented from completing the work by illness and death.
December 26, 1820:
Fedra, a melodramma serio by Simon Mayr (57) to words of Romanelli, is performed for the first time, in Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
September 10, 1823:
Johann Simon Mayr (60) is elected president of the Ateneo, Bergamo.
March 2, 1826:
Johann Simon Mayr (62) steps down as President of the Ateneo, Bergamo.
May 15, 1831:
Messa di San Alessandro by Simon Mayr (67) is performed for the first time, in Bergamo for the entry of Bishop Gritti-Morlacchi.
February 20, 1839:
Simon Mayr (75) reads the first part of his History of the Oratorio and the Mysteries to the Ateneo, Bergamo.
December 2, 1845:
Johannes Simon Mayr dies in Bergamo, Austrian Empire, aged 82 years, five months, and 18 days. After a funeral, attended by Giuseppe Verdi (32), his mortal remains will be laid to rest in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo.