December 14, 1789:
Marianna Agata Wolowska (Szymanowska) is born in a house on the corner of Grzybowska and Waliców Street in Warsaw, Russian Empire, one of seven children born to Franciszek Wolowski, owner of a brewery, and Barbara Lanckoronska-Wolowska. (the building was destroyed in World War II)
July 7, 1819:
John Field (37), in St. Petersburg, writes to Breitkopf and Härtel, recommending the compositions of Maria Szymanowska (29) for publication.
March 2, 1822:
Maria Szymanowska (32) departs Warsaw for her first extensive concert tour as pianist, in Russia.
April 4, 1822:
Maria Szymanowska (32) gives her second concert in St. Petersburg, at Philharmonic Hall.
April 24, 1822:
Maria Szymanowska (32) performs at the court of Tsar Alyeksandr I in St. Petersburg.
May 2, 1822:
Maria Szymanowska (32) performs before the Russian royal family at the Noblemen’s Club in Moscow.
February 6, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs in Kiev.
May 6, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs before 900 people in Warsaw in preparation for a three-year concert tour.
June 30, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs in Poznan on her three year concert tour of Europe.
July 21, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs in Carlsbad, Bohemia (Karoly Vary, Czech Republic) on her three year concert tour of Europe.
August 5, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) meets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for the first time, in Marienbad.
August 19, 1823:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe writes from Marienbad that he recently heard Maria Szymanowska (33) play. He is quite taken with her and calls her the "female Hummel (44)."
October 12, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs before 700 people in Leipzig on her three year concert tour of Europe.
October 20, 1823:
After the success of her 12 October performance, Maria Szymanowska (33) plays for a second time in Leipzig on her three year concert tour of Europe.
October 27, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Weimar on her three-year concert tour of Europe.
November 4, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs in Weimar on her three year concert tour of Europe.
November 5, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) departs Weimar and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
December 10, 1823:
Maria Szymanowska (33) performs in Berlin on her three-year concert tour of Europe.
March 6, 1824:
Maria Szymanowska (34) gives her first performance in Paris, in a private salon, on her three-year concert tour of Europe.
April 11, 1824:
Maria Szymanowska (34) gives a very successful performance at the Paris Conservatoire, on her three-year concert tour of Europe.
April 20, 1824:
After two months in the city, Maria Szymanowska (34) departs Paris for London.
May 10, 1824:
Maria Szymanowska (34) gives her first public performance in London, on her three-year concert tour of Europe.
May 18, 1824:
Maria Szymanowska (34) performs for the Royal Philharmonic Society in London.
June 11, 1824:
Maria Szymanowska (34) gives a performance in the Hanover Square rooms, London in the presence of members of the royal family.
July 17, 1824:
After ten weeks in London, Maria Szymanowska (34) departs the city, heading for Paris.
October 22, 1824:
Maria Szymanowska (34) performs in Milan to great success.
January 24, 1825:
Maria Szymanowska (35) performs in Naples.
June 30, 1825:
On her second visit to London, Maria Szymanowska (35) gives a concert before the royal family.
May 16, 1826:
Maria Szymanowska (36) gives her last concert in London. She will return to Warsaw.
January 15, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) performs before 1,200 people in the National Theatre, Warsaw. It is likely that Fryderyk Chopin (16) is in the audience.
February 7, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) gives a second concert in the National Theatre, Warsaw.
March 11, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) performs at the City Theatre in Riga on her way to St. Petersburg.
April 3, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) performs at Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg before Tsar Nikolay.
April 29, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) takes part in a performance at the palace of Countess Daria A. Dierzhavina in St. Petersburg.
November 1, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37), her two daughters, and two sisters depart Warsaw to move to Moscow.
November 19, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) has dinner with John Field (45) in Moscow. Field is a frequent visitor with Szymanowska in November and December, possibly to help with her concert on 15 December. The poets Adam Mickiewicz and Alyeksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin also stop in regularly.
November 22, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (37) meets the poet Adam Mickiewicz in St. Petersburg. She will set four of his poems to music. After her death, Mickiewicz will marry her daughter Celina.
December 15, 1827:
Maria Szymanowska (38) gives a very successful concert in Moscow before a large audience.
March 7, 1828:
Maria Szymanowska (38) and her family depart Moscow and move to St. Petersburg.
April 22, 1828:
A month after she moved to the city, Maria Szymanowska (38) performs at the palace of Count Kushelev-Bezbrodka in St. Petersburg.
July 25, 1831:
03:50 Maria Agata Wolowska Szymanowska dies of cholera at her house on Italyanska ulitza, overlooking Mikhailovsky Place in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, aged 41 years, seven months, and eleven days. Her mortal remains will be laid to rest in Alyeksandr Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg.