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476
The beginning of the Middle Ages.
The event that marked the beginning of the Middle Ages was the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the year 476. -
Period: 700 to 800
Invention of musical notation
The invention of a notation for music became indispensable. The first form of musical writing took place between the 8th and 9th centuries. From the 8th century onwards, signs began to be written above the text, which imitated the displacement of sounds towards the bass and the treble. -
Period: 786 to 980
Construction of the Mosque of Cordoba
The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba was built in the 8th century under Emir Abd ar-Rahman I on the remains of a Visigothic Christian church. -
Period: 800 to 1200
Feudalism
Feudalism is the economic, political and social system of the Middle Ages characterized by the division of society into three great estates (nobility, clergy and peasantry). -
Dec 25, 800
Carlomagno ascends the throne
Carlomagno is crowned emperor by Papa León III -
1350
Publication of the book of Baena
The Portuguese prince Don Pedro, Count of Barcelós, collected the Book of Songs, the Galician-Portuguese poetry of Juan Alfonso de Baena, better known as the Songbook of Baena. -
Period: 1440 to 1521
Josquín des Pres
In this period the most widespread musical forms were the motet, the mass, the polyphonic song and the villancico (as a Spanish contribution). Among the composers, the most outstanding figure was Josquín des Pres (1440-1521), who cultivated both religious and secular music. -
1450
Creation of the printing press
After years of secret research and testing, Johannes Gutenberg came up with the invention of the printing press around 1450, a system that would transform the dissemination of knowledge in Europe. -
May 29, 1453
The beginning of the Renaissance
The Modern period started with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453. -
May 29, 1453
The end of the Middle Ages.
The Modern period ends with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453. -
Period: May 3, 1469 to Jun 21, 1527
Nicolás Maquiavelo
Nicolás Maquiavelowas an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, civil servant and writer, considered the father of modern political science, and an important figure of the Italian Renaissance. -
Period: 1495 to 1498
The Last Supper
The Last Supper is an original mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci executed between 1495 and 1498. It is located on the wall on which it was originally painted, in the refectory of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1980. -
1532
El Príncipo
Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright and poet who wrote The Prince in 1513, but was published in 1532. -
1558
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the first
Elizabeth the first became queen in 1558. She was the last of the Tudor dynasty. -
1578
Obras De Musica Para Tecla, Arpa Y Vihuela
Antonio de Cabezón was a Spanish organist, harpist and composer of the Renaissance who published Obras De Musica Para Tecla, Arpa Y Vihuela. -
End of the Renaissance
The Modern period ended with the French Revolution, in 1789.