Music History By domtimetoastpolizzi Sep 9, 1086 1086 - Compilation of the Doomsday book Period: Sep 9, 1086 to Sep 9, 1484 middle ages Sep 9, 1099 1099: First Crusade Sep 9, 1147 1147: Second Crusade Sep 9, 1170 1170: Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral Sep 9, 1190 1190: Third Crusade Sep 9, 1215 1215: Magna Carta is signed Sep 9, 1485 1485: The Wars of the Roses ends and the Tudor dynasty begins Period: Sep 15, 1485 to Sep 15, 1600 renaissance Sep 15, 1498 Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper Sep 15, 1509 Henry VIII succeeds to power in England Sep 30, 1517 Protestant Reformation Protestant Reformation Sep 30, 1525 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina- composer of Counter-Reformation sacred music Sep 30, 1536 John Dowland, known for his lute music in Europe and composed beautiful melancholic music. Sep 30, 1543 - William Byrd, leading English composer of the late Renaissance Sep 30, 1548 Tomas Luis de Victoria, known Spanish composer Sep 30, 1554 Giovanni Gabrielli, known composer in Venetian High Renaissance music who wrote instrumental and church music. Sep 30, 1570 John Farmer, English madrigal composer
