MUSIC TIMELINE

By Jaime Diaz
  • 476

    Beginning of the middle ages

    The fall of the Roman Empire of the West is considered as the beginning of the Middle Ages.
  • Period: 476 to 1492

    The middle ages

    The Western Roman Empire fell in the year 476, beginning the Middle Ages. The end of this period will be the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the discovery of America soon after in 1492.
  • 553

    The Byzantines culminate the conquest of Italy.

  • 632

    Death of Muhammad

    Muslim armies conquered the Middle East, expansion of Islam.
  • 800

    Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of the West

  • 1451

    Beginning of the renaisment

    Fall of Constantinople by the Turkish warriors
  • 1451

    Discovery of America by Cristóbal Colón

    Discovery of America and looting of gold
  • Period: 1453 to

    The Renaissance Period

    The Modern period started with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453, and ended with the French Revolution, in 1789.
  • 1454

    Coopernic Revolution

    Coopernic Revolution is the name by which the scientific revolution that occurs in Western Europe is usually known. Represent in astronomy. Nicolas Coopernico
  • Period: 1516 to 1556

    Reign of Carlos I

  • 1517

    Lutero begins Protestant reform

  • 1520

    Hernán cortés begins the conquest of America

  • 1543

    Garcilaso's poems are published.

  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Beginning of the Trento Council

  • 1554

    El Lazarillo de Tormes is published

  • Period: 1556 to

    Reign of Felipe II

  • Period: to

    The Baroque Period

    Cultural period that developed in Europe in the 17th century
    and the first half of the 18th century.

  • The first part of El Quijote is published.

  • The second part of Quijote is published.

  • The last Moors are expelled from Spain

    The last Moors are expelled from Spain. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and William Shakespeare died.
  • Period: to

    Thirty years war

    Religious war between protestants of the reform and catholics

  • The basilica of St. Pedro is completed

    The current Basilica of St. Pedro of Vatican City is completed.
  • Period: to

    Wars of the Three Kingdoms

    Wars of the Three Kingdoms, civil wars throughout Scotland, Ireland and England.
  • Period: to

    Reign of Louis XIV

    Louis XIV becomes King of France
  • Period: to

    The Great Turkish War

    The Great Turkish War stops the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Europe.

  • The Lisbon Peace Treaty

    The Lisbon Peace Treaty between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as an independent country.

  • Antonio Vivaldi was born

    Venetian composer

  • Johann Sebastian Bach was born

    German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

  • Famine in France kills two million people.

  • King Carlos II dies.

    King Charles II dies, extinguishing the Habsburg dynasty or House of Austria in Spain.
  • Period: to

    The Classicism Period

    The Classical period of european music lasted from 1730 to 1820, between the early Modern period and the late Modern Period.

  • Carlos VI dies.

    Carlos VI of Germany, emperor of the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire, dies.

  • The composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi dies.

  • Charles VII becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Francisco de Goya, is born.

  • Composer Johann Sebastian Bach dies.

  • Charles III becomes king of Spain

    Charles III becomes king of Spain and would be the main driver of the Bourbon Reforms.

  • Habsburg System

    The habsburg system was established. Giving money to beggars is prohibited

  • Start of the First Industrial Revolution

    Start of the First Industrial Revolution which mechanized the work (steam engine, flying shuttle, etc.).
  • Period: to

    Industrial revolution

    The Industrial Revolution is the process of economic, social and technological transformation that began in the second half of the eighteenth century in the Kingdom of Great Britain, which concluded between 1820 and 1840

  • Ludwig van Beethoven is born

    Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the great composers of history, is born.

  • Naturalist expeditions are made all over the world,

  • Yellow fever epidemic

    The largest yellow fever epidemic in U.S. history kills 5,000 people in Philadelphia, about 10% of the population.

  • Promulgation and approbation of cadiz courts

  • Federico Ozanan

    He organizes the conference of St. Vincent De Paul in Paris. To help the homeless

  • The quintana report is legalized

  • the absolute power of Felipe VII is restored