Baroque Period (1600-1730)

  • 1567

    Claudio Monteverdi born

  • Heinrich Schutz born

  • Period: to

    Early Baroque

  • Jamestown established

  • Vespers composed

  • Moons of Jupiter discovered

  • Shakespeare died

  • Period: to

    30 Years War

  • Period: to

    Middle Baroque

  • Musikalische Exequien composed

  • Period: to

    English Civil War

  • Claudio Monteverdi died

  • Arcangelo Corelli born

  • Taj Mahal built

  • Henry Purcell born

  • Great Plague in England

  • Heinrich Schutz died

  • Antonio Vivaldi born

  • Concerti Grossi composed

  • Period: to

    Late Baroque

  • Georg Philipp Telemann born

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau born

  • Johann Sebastian Bach born

  • George Handel born

  • Domenico Scarlatti born

  • The Fairy Queen premiered

  • Henry Purcell died

  • Arcangelo Corelli died

  • The Four Seasons composed

  • Cantata Ihr Völker Hört composed

  • St Matthew Passion composed

  • Antonio Vivaldi died

  • Johann Sebastian Bach died

  • Domenico Scarlatti died

  • George Handel died

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau died

  • Georg Philipp Telemann died