Charm of Music By dpatel24 Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400 Middle Ages (400-1400) 527 Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor 540 Gregory I The Great Birth (Italian) Mar 12, 604 Gregory I The Great Death (Italian) Jan 1, 747 Charlemagne Birth (European) Jan 28, 814 Charlemagne Death (European) Jan 1, 991 Guido D'Arezzo Birth (Italian) Jan 1, 1033 Guido D'Arezzo Death (Italian) Jan 1, 1049 Pope Leo XI becomes the pope Jan 1, 1054 The East-West Schism divides the church into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy Jan 1, 1098 Hildegard Von Bingen Birth (German) Jan 1, 1135 Leonin Birth (French) Jan 1, 1160 Perotin Birth (French) Jan 1, 1179 Hildegard Von Bingen Death (German) Jan 1, 1201 Leonin Death (French) Jan 1, 1202 The Fourth Crusade begins Jun 15, 1215 The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England Jan 1, 1230 Perotin Death (French) Jan 1, 1300 Guillame de Machaut Birth (French) Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1600 Renaissance Era (1300-1600) Jan 1, 1337 Hundred Years War begins Jan 1, 1346 The Black Death begins to spread Apr 13, 1377 Guillame de Machaut Death (French) Jan 1, 1450 Josquin Desprez Birth (Flemish) Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas Jun 10, 1494 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas Jan 1, 1505 Jacques Arcadelt Birth (French) Oct 31, 1517 Protestant Reformation begins Aug 27, 1521 Josquin Desprez Death (Flemish) Jan 1, 1525 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Birth (Italian) May 9, 1568 Claudio Monteverdi Birth (Italian) Oct 14, 1568 Jacques Arcadelt Death (French) Feb 1, 1594 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Death (Italian) Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1750 Baroque Era (1600-1750) Jan 1, 1602 Dutch East India Company established Nov 21, 1620 Pilgrims Arrive Nov 29, 1643 Claudio Monteverdi Death (Italian) Sep 10, 1659 Henry Purcell Birth (English) Jan 1, 1665 Great Plague of London begins Mar 4, 1678 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Birth (Italian) Nov 28, 1682 Jean Baptiste Lully Birth (French) Feb 23, 1685 George Frideric Handel Birth (German) Mar 21, 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach Birth (German) Oct 26, 1685 Domenico Scarlatti Birth (Italian) Mar 22, 1687 Jean Baptiste Lully Death (Italian) Jan 1, 1694 The Bank of England is established Nov 21, 1695 Henry Purcell Death (English) Jan 1, 1730 The First Great Awakening begins in Great Britain and North America Mar 31, 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn Birth (Austrian) Jul 28, 1741 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Death (Italian) Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1825 Classical Era (1750-1825) Jul 28, 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach Death (German) Jan 1, 1754 French and Indian War begins Jan 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Birth (Austrian) Jul 23, 1757 Domenico Scarlatti Death (Italian) Apr 14, 1759 George Frideric Handel Death (German) Jan 1, 1760 Industrial Revolution begins Apr 7, 1763 Domenico Dragonetti Birth (Italian) Dec 17, 1770 Ludwig Van Beethoven Birth (German) Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party takes place May 12, 1783 The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War Apr 30, 1789 George Washington is elected the first President of the United States Dec 5, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Death (Austrian) May 18, 1804 Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French May 31, 1809 Franz Joseph Haydn Death (Austrian) Aug 24, 1821 Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba Mar 26, 1827 Ludwig Van Beethoven Death (German) Jan 1, 1829 First electric motor built Apr 16, 1846 Domenico Dragonetti Death (Italian)