Baroque Music And American History Timeline

By Quinbykl
  • Claudio Monteverdi Writes Orfeo

    Claudio Monteverdi Writes Orfeo

  • Jamestown Was Founded

    Jamestown Was Founded

    Was the first permanent English settlement colony established in America.
  • King Philip’s War

    King Philip’s War

    War fought between Native Americans against Colonists.
  • Bacons Rebellion

    Bacons Rebellion

    It was an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native Americans out of Virginia.
  • George Frederic Handel Is Born

    George Frederic Handel Is Born

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Is Born

    Johann Sebastian Bach Is Born

  • The Creation Of The Dominion Of New England

    The Creation Of The Dominion Of New England

    King James II creates the Dominion of New England by combining the colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth Colony, Connecticut Colony, the Province of New Hampshire and the Colony of Rhode Island and Plymouth Plantations. New Jersey and New York would be added in 1688.
  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    Women and babies were burned at steak for being suspected witches.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Receives Title Of Court Composer

    Johann Sebastian Bach Receives Title Of Court Composer

    Johann Sebastian Bach receives the title of court composer to Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
  • Bach Released Clavier Übung

    Bach Released Clavier Übung

    Comprising organ pieces based around the catechism and various hymns, it is the largest of his keyboard collections.
  • Start Of The Immigration Wave

    Start Of The Immigration Wave

    Waves of settlers flooded the New World in hopes of re-establishing life away from European control. Numerous discoveries of the 1750s forged the basis for contemporary scientific consensus. The decade saw the end of the Baroque period.
  • Bach Dies

    Bach Dies