MAIN HISTORICAL FACTS

By eugenia ferreyra
  • 476

    The Western Roman Empire fell

    The Western Roman Empire fell
    Political crisis: there are power struggles. Several emperors succeeded each other in a short period of time and tensions increased. Military and territorial crisis: unable to maintain such a large territory.
  • 618

    Tang Dynasty begins

    Tang Dynasty begins
    The Tang dynasty was founded by Li Yuan, a military commander who proclaimed himself emperor in 618 after suppressing a coup staged by the attendants-turned-assassins of the Sui emperor, Yangdi
  • Period: 680 to 730

    Gregorian chant

    The term Gregorian chant generally refers to a type of plainchant, simple, monodic and text-bound music used in the liturgy of the Catholic Church, although it is sometimes used in a broader sense or even as a synonym for plainchant.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Battle of Hastings

    Battle of Hastings
    Duke William of Normandy defeats Harold Godwinson and establishes his rule over England.
  • Period: 1220 to 1292

    Roger Bacon

    Roger Bacon was an English philosopher, proto-scientist and scholastic theologian of the Franciscan order. He is known by the nickname Doctor Mirabilis.
  • Period: 1240 to 1288

    Adam de la Halle

    He was a troubadour, as he composed his works in the language of Oïl, poet and musician.
  • Period: 1347 to 1353

    The balck plague

    It was a disease that kill half of the european population.
  • Period: Oct 12, 1428 to Oct 8, 1429

    The siege of Orleans

    The Siege of Orleans, or Battle of Orleans, was one of the battles fought in the final phase of the Hundred Years' War, in which Saint Joan of Arc took part, and for which she was called the "Maid of Orleans".
  • 1450

    Humanism

    Humanism
    During the 14th century, a cultural movement called humanism began to gain momentum in Italy.
  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine polymath of the Italian Renaissance. He was a painter, anatomist, architect, paleontologist, botanist, writer, sculptor, philosopher, engineer, inventor, musician, poet and town planner.
  • 1453

    The fall of the Byzantine Empire

    The fall of the Byzantine Empire
    The Byzantine Empire went through several cycles of growth and decline over the course of almost a thousand years, including major territorial losses during the Arab conquest in the 7th century.
  • Period: 1455 to 1521

    Josquin des Prés

    He was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, considered the most famous European Renaissance composer between Dufay, Palestrina and Victoria. He is commonly regarded as the central figure of the Franco-Flemish school.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    The discovery of America

    The discovery of America
    Cristóbal Colón discovers America
  • 1500

    The motet

    Is a polyphonic composition born in the 13th century to be sung in churches, and its themes are usually biblical. They were songs for religious worship in four voices in Latin and "a capella".
  • Period: 1524 to 1525

    The German Peasants' War

    The German Peasants' War, also called the Common Man's Revolution, was an uprising or revolt of the peasants in the Holy Roman Empire.

  • The french revolution

    The french revolution
    The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with several periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations in Europe, pitting supporters and opponents of the system known as the Ancien Régime against each other.