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476
Beginning of the middle ages
It began in 476 with the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire. -
795
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
Its construction began in 1221, following French Gothic patterns. -
1397
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"
It is the largest sculpture created by Michelangelo. He took three years to make it. -
1533
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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''.
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
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
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
World War I was a warlike confrontation centered in Europe that ended when Germany accepted the terms of the armistice. -
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
The Little Prince is a short novel and the most famous work by the French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.