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St. Augustine, Doctor of the Catholic Church and founder of the Augustine Order, finishes writing his famous conversion story
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Composers:
Guido D'Arezzo
Hildegard Von Bingen
Leonin
Perotin
Machaut -
One of the most notable popes in Church history assumes the Chair of Peter
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Charlemagne named Emperor of new Western Empire
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Born: 991/992
Died: after 1033
Nationality: Italian -
Eastern Orthodox splits from Roman Catholic Church
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Born: 1098
Died: 1179
Nationality: German -
Born: 1135? 1150?
Died: 1201?
Nationality: French -
Born: ?
Died: ?
*Flourished in 12th century
Nationality: French -
Beginning of legal limits of monarchs
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Born: around 1300
Died: 1377
Nationality: French -
Composers:
Josquin, Jacques Aradelt, Palestrina -
Hundred Year War between France and England begins
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Famed French Catholic Cathedral Finished
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Gutenberg invents the printing press, changing publishing forever
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Born: 1450
Died: 1521
Nationality: French? Belgian? -
St. Thomas of Villanova, namesake of Villanova University, is born
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Columbus sails the ocean blue and discovers the "West Indies"
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Michelangelo finishes his famous sculpture
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Born: 1505/1507
Died: 1568
Nationality: French? Belgian? -
Martin Luther begins the Reformation with his 95 Theses
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Born: 1525/1526
Died: 1594
Died: Italian -
King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boylen, separating the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church and Papal Rule
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Born: 1567
Died: 1643
Nationality: Italian -
Composers:
Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Cozzolani, Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti -
Born: 1602
Died: 1676/1678?
Nationality: Italian -
First permanent English settlement in US established
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Pilgrims settle in Plymouth, MA, USA
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St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is completed and consecrated
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Emperor commissions extravagant tomb to be built for wife in India
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Born: 1659
Died: 1695
Nationality: English -
Born: 1678
Died: 1741
Nationality: Italian -
Born: 1685
Died: 1759
Nationality: Germany -
Born: 1685
Died: 1750
Nationality: German -
Born: 1685
Died: 1757
Nationality: Italian -
Royal Palace of British Monarchs built in London
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Father of Economics/Capitalism and author of Wealth of Nations is born in Scotland
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Composers:
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven -
Franklin discovers electricity while performing famous key, kite, and ligthning experiment
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British America fights against French in New World
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Born: 1756
Died: 1791
Nationality: Austrian -
US signs the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776
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French Revolution begins for Independence, also George Washington becomes first elected US president
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Born: 1732
Died: 1809
Nationality: Austrian
*date set to death date so as to be included in Classical Era -
Jane Austen pens her famous novel
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Famed French leader Napoleon passes away
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Born: 1770
Died: 1825
Nationality: German
*date set to two years before death date so as to be included in Classical Era
