Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque Timeline By anthony.3taugh Period: 400 to Oct 28, 1400 Middle Ages 410 Rome is conquered by the Visigoths 430 St. Patrick begins his Irish mission 455 Vandals pillage Rome Nov 8, 1098 Composer Hildegard von Bingen is born Nov 8, 1300 Guillame de Machou is born Nov 8, 1302 Dante begins the Divine Comedy Nov 8, 1400 Polyphonic genre becomes popular Nov 8, 1407 John Tuder is born Nov 8, 1471 Henry VIII of England is born Nov 8, 1517 Luther begins the Protestant Reformation Nov 8, 1560 Petrus de Drusina is born Nov 8, 1564 Death of Michaelangelo Nov 8, 1594 Death of Tontoretto Nov 8, 1600 Renaissance composition was notated only in parts and rarely in scores Nov 8, 1603 Composer John IV is born Nov 8, 1607 Monteverdi's Orpheus Nov 8, 1607 Jamestown colony founded Nov 8, 1618 30 years war starts Nov 8, 1620 Mayflower Compact Nov 8, 1642 English Civil War begins Nov 8, 1678 Antonio Vivaldi is born Nov 8, 1681 Georg Telemann is born Nov 8, 1685 Composer Bach is born Nov 8, 1685 Composer Handel is born Nov 8, 1725 Four Seasons was published Mar 2, 2022 Clovis becomes King of Franks Mar 2, 2022 Clovis converts to Catholicism Mar 2, 2022 Gregorian chant starts Mar 2, 2022 composer Saint Tuotilo is born