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476
Beginning of Middle Ages musical era
The beginning of this time period depends on when you date the fall of the Roman Empire. -
754
World's first pharmacy founded in Baghdad
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937
First hospital in England established
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992
Birth of Guido D'Arezzo
Born in Italy -
1033
Death of Guido D'Arezzo
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1098
Birth of Hildegard Von Bingen
Born in what is now Germany -
1120
Birth of Perotin
As with Leonin, we really don't know when he was born, but we do know he lived in the 12th century in France. -
1135
Birth of Leonin
Born presumably in France (his birth year is unknown; some say he was born in 1150) -
1150
Founding of the University of Paris
One of the prominent medical schools of the Middle Ages -
1179
Death of Hildegard Von Bingen
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1201
Death of Leonin
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1300
Birth of Guillaume de Machaut
Born in Northeastern France (Reims) -
1347
Beginning of the Black Death in Europe
introduction of Bubonic Plague in Sicily. During its height (1347-1351), anywhere from 75 to 200 million people died. -
1377
Death of Machaut
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1390
Publication of "Red Book of Hergest"
One of the most influential Medieval texts about medicinal herbs. -
1400
End of Middle Ages Music Period
The end of this time period depends on when you date the beginning of the Renaissance. -
1400
Beginning of Renaissance era of music
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1450
Birth of Josquin
Born in Picardy (which is now either Northern France or Belgium), but worked in Western France, Northern Italy, and Rome -
1500
First record of a cesarian section
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1505
Birth of Jacques Arcadelt
Born in either France or Belgium, but mainly worked in Italy and France. -
1521
Death of Josquin
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1525
Birth of Palestrina
Born in Palestrina (near Rome) -
1546
Girolamo Fracastoro introduces pathogen theory
Girolamo proposed that epidemic diseases were caused by the spread of airborne pathogens. -
1553
Miguel Serveto describes pulmonary circulation
He is burned at the stake for heresy because of this. -
1567
Birth of Monteverdi
Born in Cremona and mostly worked in Venice -
1568
Death of Jacques Arcadelt
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Death of Palestrina
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End of Renaissance era
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Beginning of Baroque era
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Birth of Cozzolani
Born in Milan and worked mostly in a Benedictine convent in Milan -
William Harvey correctly describes the circulatory process
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Death of Monteverdi
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Birth of Purcell
Born and mainly worked in London -
Reemergence of the Bubonic Plague in London
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First successful blood transfusion
Richard Lower successfully performed a transfusion of lamb blood into a human. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
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Death of Cozzolani
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Birth of Vivaldi
Born in Venice and mainly worked in Venice, as well as Mantua and Vienna -
Birth of Bach
Born in Central Germany and mainly worked in Leipzig. -
Birth of Handel
Born in Germany, but mainly worked in London -
Birth of Scarlatti
Born in Naples and worked in Naples, Rome, Venice, Palermo, Madrid, and Lisbon -
Death of Purcell
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Birth of Haydn
Born in Rohrau, Austria, and mainly worked in Austria. -
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy
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James Lind publishes his treatise claiming that citrus prevents scurvy
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Death of Vivaldi
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Death of Bach
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End of Baroque Era
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Beginning of Classical Era
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Birth of Mozart
Born in Salzburg, Austria and mainly worked in Vienna. -
Death of Scarlatti
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Death of Handel
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Birth of Beethoven
Born in Bonn, Germany, but worked mainly in Vienna. -
First experimental proof of the action of gastric juice on food.
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Death of Mozart
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Edward Jenner performs the first successful smallpox inoculation
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Humphry Davy discovers nitrous oxide's anesthetic effects
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Friedrich Serturner isolates morphine
This is considered to be the first isolation of an active ingredient from a plant. -
First recorded attempt of endoscopy
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Death of Haydn
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Invention of the stethoscope
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End of Classical Era
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Death of Beethoven