Visits Frederick the Great
Bach visited the court of Frederick II in Potsdam.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Johann Sebastian Bach Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Johann Sebastian Bach through 44 dated historical records for Germany.
Johann Sebastian Bach, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
44Distinct records
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1747–1750Years on this page
1747
Musical Offering Published
Bach published The Musical Offering based on a theme supplied by Frederick II.
1749
Art of Fugue Final Work
Bach continued work on The Art of Fugue during the last years of his life.
1750
Death of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach died in Leipzig after deteriorating health.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.