Event Date: Event Title: Event Description:
1st Jan, 1600 Baroque peried starts! Start of Baroque Period
20th Mar, 1602 Establishment of the Dutch East India Company http://lorribrown.suite101.com/dutch-east-india-company-a51477 The Dutch East India Company was established
24th Mar, 1603 Death of Queen Elizabeth I http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/death-of-queen-elizabeth-i.htm
14th May, 1607 Establishment of the Jamestown Settlement in North America http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300134/Jamestown-Colony Jamestown Settlement was established which was the first succesful English settlement
1st Jan, 1610 Louis XIII inherited the French Throne http://www.nndb.com/people/404/000086146/
1st Jan, 1618 The 30 years war started http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/TYWHome.htm
1st Jan, 1620 Arrival of the Pilgrims http://www.pilgrimhall.org/arrival.htm The pilgrims arrived in North America
27th Mar, 1625 Start of the reign of Charles I http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/charles1.htm The reign of Charles I started
1st Jan, 1626 Professorship of music founded at Oxford University William Heather found the professorship of music at Oxford University
1st Jan, 1626 Discovery of New York New York was discovered by the Dutch
12th Aug, 1626 Italian Composer Giovanni Legranzi is borned Givanni Legranzi was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential on the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy.
12th Aug, 1626 Italian composer, Giovanni Legrenzi was born
1st Jan, 1627 Heinrich Schütz performs Dafne, first German opera, libretto with Martin Opitz, given at Torgau First German opera was given at Torgua
2nd May, 1627 Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (Italian Composer) dies Italian Composer naved Lodovico Grossi da Viadana died
15th Mar, 1628 John Bull (English composer) dies English composer named John Bull died
22nd Feb, 1630 First female singers sing ~!
12th Aug, 1633 Jacopo Peri (Italian Composer) dies Jacopo Peri wrote the first opera piece "Dafne" and he is often called inventor of opera. He also invented recitatives
1st Jan, 1635 "Fiori musicali di toccate" was made by composer named "Frescobaldi" This piece influenced "J.S Bach"
1st Jan, 1637 First public opera house called "Teatro San Cassiano" openned in Venice http://wn.com/Teatro_San_Cassiano
12th Feb, 1637 "Chi soffre, speri", the first comic opera was performed This piece was composed by 2 italian composers named "Virgilio Mazzocchi" and "Marco Marazzoli"
1st Jan, 1641 Start of the English civil war http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/civilwarmain.htm The English civil war started
14th Mar, 1643 Reign of Louis XIV started http://www.louis-xiv.de/index.php?id=31
1st Jan, 1645 Venetian opera company was called into Paris by Mazarin
1st Jan, 1648 The 30 years were ended
8th Jan, 1648 The true genius Galileo Galilei died http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html
30th Jan, 1649 Reign of Charles II started On his 30th birthday he was acclaimed as a new owner of the throne
30th Jan, 1649 End of the Reign of Charles I Reign of Charles I ended
1st Jan, 1650 Musurgia universalis theory was introduced by Athanasius Kircher
1st Jan, 1651 The English civil war ended English civil war ended
3rd Sep, 1651 End of the Reign of Charles II Reign of Charles II ended
1st Jan, 1652 First opera house in Vienna was built
1st Jan, 1653 End of the first period of British CommonWealth The fris period of British CommonWealth 1649~1653 ended
26th Mar, 1653 "Cupid and Death" written by James Shirely was performed
1st Jan, 1656 First Opera house in London was built
1st Jan, 1660 Restoration of English Monarchy
27th May, 1660 Italian composer, Giovanni Legrenzi passed away
1st Jan, 1665 Construction of St. Peter's Square began http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-st-peters-basilica
2nd Sep, 1666 Great fire of London from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666, there was a huge fire in London
1st Jan, 1667 St. Peter's Squared Constructed
1st Jan, 1670 Pietism Began
16th Nov, 1672 German composer, Heinrich Schutz dies http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Schutz-Heinrich.htm
1st Jan, 1677 Marriage of William III and Mary II
12th Apr, 1684 Nicola amati passed away
21st Mar, 1685 J.S Bach is born http://www.jsbach.org/
17th Aug, 1686 Italian composer, Nicola Porpora was born
5th Nov, 1688 Reign of William III and Mary II started http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=william3
1st Jan, 1689 Toleration Act http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/598612/Toleration-Act The Toleration Act was created in England
1st Feb, 1692 Salem witchcraft trials http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging
28th Dec, 1694 Reign of William III and Mary II ended
1st Sep, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV ended
1st Jan, 1750 End of Baroque period ~!
8th Mar, 2012 Sources http://www.classicalworks.com/his.pages/1651to1675.htm
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/historical-events-during-the-baroque-period.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091007065930AAp0SqK
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