# George Frideric Handel The first fact about George Frideric Handel in a public catalog is a dated concert and a dated hospital, not a CD. Handel Hendrix House at https://handelhendrix.org/ and https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel care for 25 Brook Street, his London house, as a later museum — evidence, not a 1720s autograph of the Trust. The British Library at https://www.bl.uk/people/george-frideric-handel and https://www.bl.uk/ holds scores and a person file. The Foundling Museum at https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/our-story/the-foundling-hospital/ and the Gerald Coke Handel Collection at https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/the-gerald-coke-handel-collection/ document the 1750 governor-and-Messiah path. Britannica at https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel and the Messiah article at https://www.britannica.com/topic/Messiah-oratorio-by-Handel date the life and the 13 April 1742 Dublin premiere. Smithsonian Magazine at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-glorious-history-of-handels-messiah-148168540/ is an independent Messiah history. Royal Ballet and Opera at https://www.rbo.org.uk/creative-spotlight-george-frideric-handel dates Rinaldo. Westminster Abbey at https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/george-frederick-handel is later burial reception, not a lifetime act in this catalog. What the score must not say: that a modern recording is 1742; that Academy bankruptcy is automatically his harm; that he is J. S. Bach’s documented collaborator; that Fireworks uniquely injured a measured crowd as a musical coefficient; that the king standing for Hallelujah is a verified Dublin event. Confidence is high on 1711, 1717, 1727, 1742, 1749, and 1750; medium on Italian arrival month and couching dates. Related people are George I, Jennens, Smith, Mattheson, Telemann, and Thomas Coram. 1717 is not 1749. 1742 Dublin is not 1750 Foundling. 1710-06-01 (offset, driver `labour-market-tightness`): The Elector of Hanover appoints Handel Kapellmeister in 1710 — official Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel); independent Handel Hendrix House — Learn about Handel (https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel). 1711-02-24 (offset, driver `social-cohesion`): Rinaldo is produced at the Queen’s Theatre, London, as Handel’s first Italian opera for the London stage — official Royal Ballet and Opera — Creative Spotlight: Handel (https://www.rbo.org.uk/creative-spotlight-george-frideric-handel); independent Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel). 1717-07-17 (offset, driver `social-cohesion`): Water Music is performed on the Thames for George I on 17 July 1717 as received — official Handel Hendrix House — Learn about Handel (https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel); independent Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel). 1719-05-01 (offset, driver `industrial-policy-activism`): Handel serves as master of the Royal Academy of Music, a noble-backed London opera company — official Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel); independent British Library — George Frideric Handel (https://www.bl.uk/people/george-frideric-handel). 1727-02-20 (offset, driver `democratic-resilience`): Parliament naturalizes Handel as a British subject in February 1727 — official Handel Hendrix House (https://handelhendrix.org/); independent Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel). 1742-04-13 (offset, driver `social-cohesion`): Messiah is first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 to Jennens’s biblical libretto — official Britannica — Messiah (oratorio by Handel) (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Messiah-oratorio-by-Handel); independent Smithsonian Magazine — The Glorious History of Handel’s Messiah (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-glorious-history-of-handels-messiah-148168540/). 1749-04-27 (offset, driver `social-cohesion`): Music for the Royal Fireworks is performed in 1749 for the Aix-la-Chapelle peace celebrations — official British Library — George Frideric Handel (https://www.bl.uk/people/george-frideric-handel); independent Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel). 1750-05-01 (offset, driver `humanitarian-access`): Handel conducts Messiah for the Foundling Hospital and becomes a hospital governor — official Foundling Museum — The Foundling Hospital (https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/our-story/the-foundling-hospital/); independent Foundling Museum — Gerald Coke Handel Collection (https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/the-gerald-coke-handel-collection/). 1753-01-01 (cost, driver `health-system-capacity`): Handel loses his sight in the early 1750s after failed cataract operations as received — official Britannica — George Frideric Handel (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel); independent Handel Hendrix House — Learn about Handel (https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel). Later Loeb, UNESCO, and encyclopedia pages are evidence, not additional acts. The honest deficiency is that a 30-Fact / 10-Article / 10-News numeric gate cannot be met from securely dated instruments without attributing later editors to the name. Portrait URL is a Wikimedia upload of Balthasar Denner’s painting; a later studio photograph is not claimed. Country is stored as United Kingdom. Role is stored as Composer, naturalized British subject. ## Dated facts - Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey on 20 April 1759 as a public national musician’s funeral. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-westminster-burial-1759. Sources: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/george-frederick-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - George Frideric Handel dies in London on 14 April 1759. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-death-1759. Sources: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/george-frederick-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - 1753: Handel loses his sight in the early 1750s after failed cataract operations as received. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-blindness-1753. Sources: https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Jephtha premieres on 26 February 1752 as Handel composes under advancing blindness. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-jephtha-1752. Sources: https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Handel’s blindness onset around 1751 begins the final sensory decline while he revises Jephtha. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-blindness-onset-1751. Sources: https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Crowd-control and ticket conflicts around the 1750 Foundling Hospital Messiah benefits create public-order stress beside charity. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-foundling-governors-friction-1750. Sources: https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/our-story/the-foundling-hospital/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - 1750: Handel conducts Messiah for the Foundling Hospital and becomes a hospital governor. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-foundling-messiah-1750. Sources: https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/collection/the-gerald-coke-handel-collection/, https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/our-story/the-foundling-hospital/. - Music for the Royal Fireworks is performed in 1749 for the Aix-la-Chapelle peace celebrations. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-royal-fireworks-1749. Sources: https://www.bl.uk/people/george-frideric-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Rehearsal machine accidents around the 1749 Fireworks music include a pavilion fire risk that injures the public spectacle. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-messenger-fire-risk-1749. Sources: https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Judas Maccabaeus premieres in April 1747 as a victory oratorio after Culloden-era politics. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-judas-1747. Sources: https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Samson premieres on 18 February 1743 as Handel’s Miltonic oratorio after Messiah. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-samson-1743. Sources: https://handelhendrix.org/discover/learn-about-handel, https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Frideric-Handel. - Messiah is first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 to Jennens’s biblical libretto. https://factrail.ai/facts/gfh-messiah-dublin-1742. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-glorious-history-of-handels-messiah-148168540/, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Messiah-oratorio-by-Handel. ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/people/george-frideric-handel