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Gesualdo was born March, 8, 1566 and died September, 8, 1613. He was known for his expressive madrigals and chromatic sacred music. He was also known for the murder of his first wife and her lover. -
Monteverdi was born May, 15, 1567 and died November, 29, 1643. He was appointed to be a viol or violin player to Duke Vincenzo I of Mantua. He wrote famous pieces such as L'Orfeo and Vespro della Beata Vergine. -
On 1568 bottled beer was invented. -
Mercator invents the Mercator Map Projection on the year 1569. -
Pope Gregory XIII enforces the use of the Gregorian Calendar -
Frescobaldi was born September, 13, 1583 and died March 1, 1643. He was an important contributor to keyboard music in the early Baroque time period. He wrote 12 fantasias called Il primo linro delle fantasie a quattro and 12 capriccios. -
The British Armada defeats the Spanish Armada and rules the Atlantic Ocean. -
On 1590 the compound microscope is invented by Zacharias Janssen -
Galileo invented the water thermometer on the year 1593 -
He was born on the year 1597 and died February, 20, 1653. He was an Italian composer. He had famous works such as Orfeo, Un Peccator Pentito, and Il Palazzo Incantanto, Fun fact, he's actually one of the least known composers of the early Baroque period -
On the year 1603 the "Edo Japan Time Period" begins and ends in the year 1868. -
Pilgrims arrive from Britain arrive to Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower on 1620