This chronology attempts to list Handel's works in order of composition. It has been compiled using Handel: A Documentary Biography by Otto Erich Deutsch (Cassell, 1955), The New Grove Handel by Winton Dean and Anthony Hicks (Macmillan, 1983) and Handel by Donald Burrows (Oxford, 1994).
However, some instrumental works with opus numbers are shown by year of publication instead of composition, as several of these were compiled by Walsh from previously existing material. Some of the dates can only be approximated.
The operas Nero, Florindo and Daphne are lost.
| Year | Composition | Handel's Location (footnotes) |
| 1703 | Hamburg | |
| 1704 | Almira [Nero] |
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| 1705 | ||
| 1706 | [Florindo] [Daphne] |
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| Florence? | ||
| 1707 | Il Trionfo
del Tempo Dixit Dominus Laudate Pueri Nisi Dominus Latin Motets Italian Cantatas (approx. 100) |
Rome |
| Rodrigo | Florence | |
| 1708 | La Resurrezione | Rome |
| Aci Galatea e Polifemo | Naples | |
| 1709 | Agrippina |
Venice |
| 1710 | (1) |
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| 1711 | Rinaldo | London |
| Hanover | ||
| 1712 | ||
| Il Pastor
Fido Teseo |
London | |
| 1713 | Utrecht Te
Deum Utrecht Jubilate Eternal Source of Light Divine Silla |
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| 1714 | ||
| 1715 | Brockes
Passion Amadigi |
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| 1716 | ||
| 1717 | Water Music |
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| Chandos
Anthems ‘Cannons’ Te Deum |
Cannons | |
| 1718 | Acis and
Galatea Esther |
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| 1719 | ||
(2) |
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| 1720 | Radamisto Suites de Pièces vol.1 |
London |
| 1721 | Act III of Muzio
Scevola Floridante |
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| 1722 | Ottone | |
| 1723 | Flavio | |
| 1724 | Giulio
Cesare Tamerlano |
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| 1725 | Rodelinda | |
| 1726 | Scipione Alessandro Admeto |
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| 1727 | Riccardo
Primo 4 Coronation Anthems |
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| 1728 | Siroe Tolomeo |
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| 1729 | (3) |
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| Lotario | London | |
| 1730 | Partenope | |
| 1731 | Poro Ezio |
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| 1732 | Sosarme Orlando Sonatas op.1 |
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| 1733 | Deborah Athalia Arianna in Creta Sonatas op.2 Suites de Pièces vol.2 |
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| 1734 | Parnasso in
Festa Ariodante Terpsicore 6 Concerti Grossi op.3 |
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| 1735 | Alcina | |
| 1736 | Alexander’s
Feast Atalanta Sing Unto God Giustino Arminio |
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| 1737 | Berenice Il Trionfo del Tempo |
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(4) |
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| Faramondo The ways of Zion do Mourn |
London | |
| 1738 | Serse Saul Israel in Egypt Organ Concertos op.4 |
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| 1739 | Trio Sonatas
op.5 Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day 12 Concerto Grossi op.6 |
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| 1740 | L’Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato | |
(5) |
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| Imeneo Deidamia Organ Concertos op.7 |
London | |
| 1741 | Messiah | |
| 1742 | Dublin | |
| Samson | London | |
| 1743 | Semele Dettingen Te Deum Dettingen Anthem Jospeh and his Brethren |
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| 1744 | Hercules Belshazzar |
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| 1745 | Comus | |
| 1746 | Occasional
Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus |
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| 1747 | Alexander
Balus Joshua 3 Hymns |
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| 1748 | Solomon Susanna |
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| 1749 | Music
for the Royal Fireworks Foundling Hospital Anthem Theodora |
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| 1750 | Alceste The Choice of Hercules |
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(6) |
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| 1751 | Jephtha | London |
| 1752 | ||
| 1753 | ||
| 1754 | ||
| 1755 | ||
| 1756 | ||
| 1757 | The Triumph of Time and Truth | |
| 1758 | ||
| 1759 |