Baroque period Timeline By austinairc@gmail.com Period: 1600 to 1750 Baroque Period 1607 Monteverdi's L'Orfeo 1670 First Public Concerts in England After 1670 Period: Feb 23, 1685 to Apr 20, 1759 Handel Period: Mar 31, 1685 to Jul 28, 1750 JS Bach 1689 Purcelli's Dido and Aeneas 1711 Antonio Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico 1721 Brandenburg Concertos 1722 Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie 1722 The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1 1742 Handel's Messiah written in 41, first performed in 42