| And before we get to the Wagner and Verdi bicentennials in 2013, there is John Cage's centenary next year. |
| Mendelssohn's 200th followed in 2009, and 2010 brought a bumper crop of celebrations, with impresarios intertwining the bicentennials of Robert Schumann and Frederic Chopin with the 150th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. |
| The bicentennials of New Brunswick and Ontario will concentrate on the leading examples of this type, the United Empire Loyalists. |
| During this year of parallel celebrations of the Verdi and Wagner bicentennials, opera companies everywhere are presenting their works. |
| On 24th October 1987, a couple of enthusiasts founded our unit, in order to be prepared in time for the bicentennials of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. |
| There were also pavilions hosted by various Latin American countries who also celebrated their Bicentennials around the same time. |
