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476
Beginning of the Middle Ages
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835
the Vikings start invading Europe
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896
Alfred the Great, King of England, turns back the Viking invaders.
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1088
The first university is created (Bolonia's university)
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1221
Beginning of the construction of the Cathedral of Burgos
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Period: 1337 to 1453
The hundred years war (England vs France)
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Period: 1348 to 1350
Black Death
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1400
Beginning of the Renaissance
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1444
German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press.
This will signal the start of the Renaissance
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1485
Henry VII becomes king of England beginning the reign of the House of Tudor. 1
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1486
Boticelli completes the painting The Birth of Venus.
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1492
Discovery of America
By Cristobal Colón.
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1492
End of the Middle Ages
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Period: 1495 to 1527
High Renaissance
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1498
Vasco da Gama arrives in India after sailing around the southern tip of Africa from Portugal
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1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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1508
Michelangelo begins his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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1509
Henry VIII becomes king of England
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1511
Raphael paints his masterpiece The School of Athens
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The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy
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Rene Descartes was born
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Beginning of the Baroque
It was a period of history in Western culture that produced works in the field of literature, sculpture, painting, architecture, dance and music.
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Early Baroque
It was an experimentation period, which had a monodic style.
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William Shakespeare and cervantes die
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30 years war
Especially in Germany, between Catholics and Protestants. Germany was torn. The decline of the Habsburgs and the rise of France began. -
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Intermediate Baroque
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Newton discovers Gravity
William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes don't have much in common, although they lived in the same era, greatly influenced following generations, and are both regarded as virtuoso writers. -
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Late Baroque
In this period harmony emerged with polyphony, instrumental music was highlighted and Italñian composers and musicians extended instrumental music. -
Start of the Classical period
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American Revolution
American Revolution, also called United States War of Independence or American Revolutionary War, (1775–83), insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. -
First flight in a hot air balloon
In 1783, two brothers demonstrated their invention, the hot air balloon, before a crowd of dignitaries in Annonay, France. There was some concern about the effects of high altitude on humans. The king proposed a test using prisoners, but the Montgolfiers instead suspended a basket below the balloon containing a sheep, a duck and a rooster, according to Time magazine. -
Carlos I began to reign
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The end of the Rennaisance
It ended with the French Revolution. -
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French Revolution
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The first vaccine was discovered
Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to be developed, was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796. He followed up his observation that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox did not later catch smallpox by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox -
End of the Baroque period
Around 1800.
Bach's death in 1750 marked the end of the Baroque period -
End of the Classical period
