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Music History

  • Sep 9, 1086

    1086 - Compilation of the Doomsday book

    1086 - Compilation of the Doomsday book
  • Period: Sep 9, 1086 to Sep 9, 1484

    middle ages

  • Sep 9, 1099

    1099: First Crusade

    1099: First Crusade
  • Sep 9, 1147

    1147: Second Crusade

    1147: Second Crusade
  • Sep 9, 1170

    1170: Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral

    1170: Thomas a Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral
  • Sep 9, 1190

    1190: Third Crusade

    1190: Third Crusade
  • Sep 9, 1215

    1215: Magna Carta is signed

    1215: Magna Carta is signed
  • Sep 9, 1485

    1485: The Wars of the Roses ends and the Tudor dynasty begins

    1485: The Wars of the Roses ends and the Tudor dynasty begins
  • Period: Sep 15, 1485 to

    renaissance

  • Sep 15, 1498

    Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper

    Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
  • Sep 15, 1509

    Henry VIII succeeds to power in England

    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