December 1, 1709:
Franz Xaver Richter is born, perhaps in Holleschau (Holesov), Kingdom of Bohemia of the Holy Roman Empire, the son of Matthias Richter, a soldier.
May 25, 1758:
Modern German orchestral music is heard for the first time in London, with the performance of two symphonies by Franz Xaver Richter (48).
August 24, 1758:
The publication of three symphonies by Johann Stamitz (†1) (Eb-1, Eb-2, D-2), along with symphonies by Georg Christoph Wagenseil (43) (no.29) and Franz Xaver Richter (48), is advertised in Annonces, Paris.
April 24, 1769:
Franz Xaver Richter (59) is made kapellmeister at Strasbourg Cathedral.
November 2, 1778:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (22) writes to his father from Strasbourg, “Kapellmeister (Franz Xaver) Richter (68)...now lives very economically, for instead of forty bottles of wine a day he swills about twenty.” (Marshall, 351)
September 12, 1789:
Franz Xaver Richter dies in Strasbourg, Kingdom of France, aged 79 years, nine months, and eleven days.
September 13, 1789:
With the death of Franz Xaver Richter, Ignaz Pleyel (32) is elevated to the position of cathedral organist in Strasbourg.