1. Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany.
2. He started to learn piano at the age of 4 and was taught by his father.
3. When he was 22, he moved to Vienna to study with a famous composer Hayden.
4. He started to become a famous composer when he was 30.
5. He wrote many works about heroes and struggles.
6. In his late 20s, he started to lose his hearing and he became quite ill during the last years of his life.
7. He died at the age of 57 in Vienna.
8. Beethoven wrote many symphonies, well-known piano sonatas and became the master musician of all time.