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The first composition of ragtime
The first composition know of ragtime was created from the pianist Tommy Turpin. The composition was called Harlem Rag. -
Cinema was born
the cinema was born -
The first ragtime composition printed
The first rag composition printed was a composition with piano. -
Felix Hoffmann patents Aspirin
Felix Hoffmann patents Aspirin this year -
The contest
A cutting contest (a colloquial term for music competition) for ragtime pianists is held at New York's Tammany Hall. -
Louis Armstrong was born
Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. -
Scott Joplin publishes The Entertainer
Scott Joplin publishes The Entertainer: a Ragtime Two-Step, which would become a popular hit nearly 70 years later. -
First flight
Wright brothers made the first flight and they moved 37 meters in 12 seconds (10.9km / h) -
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin records Alexander's Ragtime Band, which becomes a hit but is scorned by ragtime purists. -
Unhapinness for the music
Scott Joplin dies; he was the best pianist playing ragtime. The classic era of ragtime ends.
