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476
The Beginning Middle Ages
The Middle Ages start with the fall of Rome in 476 -
632
The Rise of Islam
The Islamic world was growing larger and more powerful. After the prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, Muslim armies conquered large parts of the Middle East, uniting them under the rule of a single caliph. At its height, the medieval Islamic world was more than three times bigger than all of Christendom. -
800
Charlemagne
He was a king who extended his kingdom and covered almost all of Western and Central Europe. He was declared the emperor of the Romans in 800 AD and enjoyed the empire until his death. -
843
Treaty of Verdun
The Carolingian Empire faced a civil war.
Finally, the Carolingian Empire was divided into three parts in August 843 AD through the Treaty of Verdun, which ended a three-year civil war. -
962
The Holy Roman Empire of Germany
Otto I managed to protect the Germans against the Magyar invaders.
He chose to create a German monastery. This natural loyalty to the German Church and kingdom helped him gain control over the dukes of the rebellion and establish his empire. -
Period: 1118 to 1312
The Crusades
The Catholic Church began to authorize military expeditions, or Crusades, to expel Muslim “infidels” from the Holy Land.
No one “won” the Crusades; in fact, many thousands of people from both sides lost their lives. -
1215
Declaration of the Magna Carta
It was originally issued in 1215 A.D. This letter is considered the first step towards the constitutional government of England. The Magna Carta restricted the Emperor's power and demonstrated the importance of a Constitution. -
Period: 1315 to 1317
The Great Famine
During this period, a large part of the population died of hunger and disease.
In addition to the lack of food, the crime rate increased to the extreme and there was cannibalism, rapes and infanticides.
The great famine caused restlessness in the peasants and even the members of the nobility suffered a setback. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
The Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years War began in 1337, when the Kingdom of England waged war against the Kingdom of France.
While there were many periods of peace and ceasefire between England and France during the period, this war continued again and again with different conflicts until 1453. -
Period: 1347 to 1350
The black death
Black death killed some 20 million people in Europe—30 percent of the continent’s population. It was especially deadly in cities, where it was impossible to prevent the transmission of the disease. -
Period: 1378 to 1417
The Great Schism
The Church suffered the first shock in 1054, when it was divided into the Eastern and Western Christian Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church believed that the Western Catholic Church was corrupt and exploitative. -
1453
The Beginning of the Renaissance
The Renaissance began with the fall of the Byzantine empire. -
1492
The End of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages end with the discovery of America -
1494
Treaty of Torsetella
Spain and Portugal came to an agreement on the border. -
1499
Forced conversion of Muslims
Muslims who lived under Christian rule were granted Mudejar status, legally allowing the open practice of Islam. In 1499, an archbishop of Toledo initiated a campaign in the city of Granada to force the religious fulfillment of Christianity through torture and imprisonment, which triggered a Muslim rebellion. The rebellion was finally stifled and then used to justify the revocation of the legal and conventional protections of Muslims. -
Period: 1516 to 1555
Carlos V King of Spain
He reigned from 1516 to 1555 -
Period: 1516 to 1556
Reign of Carlos I
He reigned in all the kingdoms and Hispanic territories with the name of Carlos I from 1516 to 1556 -
Period: 1556 to
Reign of Philip II
He was king of Spain from January 15, 1556 until his death, of Naples and Sicily since 1554 and of Portugal and the Algarves -
The beginning of the Baroque
The Baroque originated around 1600, several decades after the Council of Trent (1545–63), by which the Roman Catholic Church answered many questions. -
Establishment of the Jamestown Settlement in North America
Jamestown Settlement was established which was the first succesfull English settlement -
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The 30 years war started
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, in which most of the great European powers of the time intervened. -
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Reign of Louis XIV started
Louis XIV, France's Sun King, had the longest reign in European history (1643-1715). During this time he brought absolute monarchy to its height, established a glittering court at Versailles, and fought most of the other European countries in four wars. In the middle period (1661-85) Louis reigned personally and innovatively, but the last years of his personal rule (1685-1715) were beset by problems. -
Construction of St. Peter's Square began
Is a major basilica in Vatican City, an enclave of Rome. St. Peter's was until recently the largest church ever built and it remains one of the holiest sites in Christendom. Contrary to what one might reasonably assume, St. Peter's is not a cathedral - that honor in Rome goes to St. John Lateran. -
The Beginning of the Classical Period
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End of Baroque period
It ended because it began to lose importance in different aspects. -
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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies in America which declared independence in July 1776 as the United States of America. -
The first flight in a hot air balloon
The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. -
The end of the Renaissance
We consider the start of the Renaissance in 1300, but not in music because there were only changes in ideas. So in music the Renaissance start in 1789. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution (in French, French Revolution) was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, which convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations of Europe that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Old Regime. It began with the self-proclamation of the Third State as a National Assembly in 1789 and ended with the coup of the State of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. -
Clara Wieck Schumann was born.
Schumann was one of the greatest female composers of the 19th century. -
The End of the Classical Period
