Ludwig van Beethoven was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and the composer Christian Gottlob Neefe.
 During the French bombardment of Vienna in May, Beethoven took refuge in the cellar of the house of his brother Kaspar
 In 1799 Beethoven participated in (and won) a notorious piano 'duel' at the home of Baron Raimund Wetzlar (a former patron of Mozart) against the virtuoso Joseph Wlfl; and in the following year he similarly triumphed against Daniel Steibelt at the salon of Count Moritz von Fries

