MAIN HISTORICAL FACTS

  • 476

    Beginning of the middle ages

    It began in 476 with the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire.
  • 795

    Pope León III designation

    Pope León III designation
    He gave a political character to the Chair of St. Peter by crowning Charlemagne as emperor in the ancient basilica of St. Peter.
  • Period: 800 to 1400

    Feudalism

    A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return.
  • Period: 1000 to 1200

    Romanesque period

    It was an artistic and cultural period that spread throughout much of Europe.
  • Period: 1170 to 1310

    Ars Antiqua

    It is European music covering the period of the Notre Dame School of polyphony and the years after
  • 1221

    Burgos cathedral construction

    Burgos cathedral construction
    Its construction began in 1221, following French Gothic patterns.
  • 1397

    Birth of the composer Guillaume Dufay

    Birth of the composer Guillaume Dufay
    Guillaume Dufay was a Franco-Flemish composer and musician of the early Renaissance. He was the central figure of the Burgundian School
  • 1453

    End of the middle ages

    The middle ages finished with the fall of the Byzantine empire.
  • 1453

    Beginning of the renaissance

    The Modern period started with the fall of the Byzantine empire.
  • Period: 1468 to 1529

    Juan de la Encina

    He was a poet, musician and playwright of the Spanish Renaissance at the time of the Catholic Monarchs.
  • Period: 1474 to 1504

    Reign of Isabel I of Castile

    She was queen of Castile from 1474 to 1504, queen consort of Sicily from 1469 and of Aragon from 1479, by her marriage to Fernando of Aragon.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Cinquecento period

    It is a period within European art, especially Italian.
  • 1504

    Creation of the "David by Michelangelo"

    Creation of the "David by Michelangelo"
    It is the largest sculpture created by Michelangelo. He took three years to make it.
  • 1533

    Birth of Elizabeth I of England

    Birth of Elizabeth I of England
    Elizabeth I supported the Protestants, persecuted the Catholics, and created the Church of England, independent of Rome, which was called Anglicanism. She beheaded Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots.
  • Beginning of the Baroque period

    The beginning of the Baroque period coincides with the end of the Renaissance.
  • Period: to

    Calderón de la Barca

    Pedro Calderón de la Barca was a Spanish writer, Catholic priest, member of the Venerable Congregation of Secular Priests.
  • Death of Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Death of Tomás Luis de Victoria
    He was a Catholic priest, chapel master and famous polyphonic composer of the Spanish Renaissance
  • Period: to

    English revolution

    The civil war resulted in the execution of Charles I, after which a republic (commonwealth) was established for 11 years, a period in which England had no monarch.
  • Period: to

    Antonio Vivaldi

    He was a Baroque Venetian Catholic composer, violinist, printer, teacher and priest. He was nicknamed Il prete rosso for being a priest and a redhead.
  • Birth of Felipe V of Spain

    Birth of Felipe V of Spain
    He was King of Spain from November 16, 1700 until his death in 1746, with a brief interruption due to the abdication in favor of his son Luis I.
  • Vivaldi's Four Seasons

    The Four Seasons is a group of four concertos for violin and orchestra by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi.
  • Beginning of the Classical period

    It lasted between the early Modern period and the late Modern Period.
  • Creation of the Fontana of Trevi

    Creation of the Fontana of Trevi
    The Fontana di Trevi, with nearly 40 meters of frontage, is one of the largest monumental Baroque fountains in Rome.
  • Creation of The Triumph of Venice

    Creation of The Triumph of Venice
    The Triumph of Venice celebrates the flourishing of the fine arts under the Doge Lionardo Loredan, governor of Venice in the early sixteenth century.
  • Period: to

    Construction of the Palacio Real of Madrid

    The Royal Palace of Madrid, also popularly known as the Palacio de Oriente, is the official residence of the Head of State, the King of Spain
  • End of the Baroque period

    The end of the Baroque period is established with the death of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • Period: to

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was a composer, pianist, conductor, and professor of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, master of Classicism, considered one of the most influential and outstanding musicians in history.
  • Birth of Fernando VII

    Birth of Fernando VII
    Ferdinand VII of Spain, called "the Desired" and "King Felón", personally occupied the Spanish throne between March and May 1808 and, after the expulsion of the "intruder king" José I Bonaparte and his return to the country, again from May 1814 until his death.
  • End of the renaissance

    The renaissance ended with the French Revolution.
  • Composition of ''Claro de Luna'', piano sonata No,14, by Ludwig van Beethoven.

    Composition of ''Claro de Luna'', piano sonata No,14, by Ludwig van Beethoven.
    The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, popularly known as Moonlight, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Period: to

    Reign of José Bonaparte

    José Bonaparte, better known as José I Bonaparte and derogatorily "Pepe Botella" was a French politician, diplomat and lawyer, older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, deputy for Corsica in the Council of Five Hundred
  • End of the Classical period

    The end of this period coincides with the death of Beethoven (1827).
  • Beginning of the Romantic period

    Romanticism is a cultural movement that originated in Germany and the United Kingdom at the end of the 18th century.
  • Period: to

    Rosa Bonheur

    Marie-Rosalie Bonheur was a French artist, fundamentally a painter who specialized in the representation of animals and also a sculptor, in a realistic style.
  • Creation of ''Liberty leading the people''.

    Creation of ''Liberty leading the people''.
    Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix and kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris and one of the most famous in history.
  • Composition of Nocturnes, op. 9 by Frederic Chopin

    Composition of Nocturnes, op. 9 by Frederic Chopin
    The Nocturnes, op. 9 are a set of three nocturnes written by Frédéric Chopin, which were published that year and dedicated to Madame Marie Pleyel. The second nocturne in the series is considered to be Chopin's most famous piece.
  • Period: to

    First Carlist War

    The First Carlist War was a civil war that took place in Spain between the Carlists, supporters of the infant Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, and the Elizabethans or Christians, defenders of Isabel II and the regent María Cristina de Borbón.
  • Period: to

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms was a German romantic composer, pianist and conductor, considered the most classic of the composers of that period.
  • Beginning of the 20th century

    It was the last century of the II millennium in the Gregorian calendar. It is called the "century of the avant-garde".
  • Period: to

    George Orwell

    He was an Indian-born British novelist, journalist, essayist and critic, known worldwide for his dystopian novels Animal Farm and 1984.
  • Death of Isabel II of Spain

    Death of Isabel II of Spain
    Isabel II of Spain, called "la de los Tristes Destinos" or "la Reina Castiza", was the queen of Spain between 1833 and 1868, thanks to the repeal of the Succession Regulation of 1713.
  • End of the Romantic period

    Around the middle of the 19th century, Romanticism began to give way to new literary movements: the Parnassians and Symbolism in poetry, and Realism and Naturalism in prose.
  • Period: to

    John Cage

    He was an American composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. He was a pioneer of random music, electronic music, and the non-standard use of musical instruments.
  • End of the World War one

    End of the World War one
    World War I was a warlike confrontation centered in Europe that ended when Germany accepted the terms of the armistice.
  • First electric guitar

    First electric guitar
    Engineer Lloyd Loard created the first electric guitar in the United States. His invention was made possible by the appearance of the moving coil microphone.
  • Period: to

    World War II

    World War II was a global military conflict. Most of the nations of the world were involved in it.
  • Publication of The Little Prince

    Publication of The Little Prince
    The Little Prince is a short novel and the most famous work by the French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.