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476
Beginning of the middle ages
The period of European history extending from about 500 to 1400–1500 ce is traditionally known as the Middle Ages. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to designate the period between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire. -
Period: 540 to Mar 12, 604
Pope Gregory the Great
Plays. Gregorio is the author of a Regula pastoralis, a manual of morals and preaching for bishops. He had the compilation and contributed to the evolution of Gregorian chant, called in his honor the Antiphonary of Gregorian chants. -
800
Western music notation
Western musical notation was born around 800 AD in the Empire of Charlemagne. With this milestone, a long chain of technical improvements begins that will gradually lead to the musical notation system that we know and use today, and that would be practically completed by the seventeenth century. -
Period: 800 to 843
The Carolingian Empire
The Carolingian Empire is a historiographic term used to refer to the Frankish Kingdom of the Carolingian dynasty from the imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the division of its territories in the Treaty of Verdun of 843. -
Period: 991 to 1050
Guido D'arezzo
Guido D'arezzo was born in Tuscany in 991, followed by Arezzo, he died in the monastery of Fonte Avellana in 1050. -
1088
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna was prestigious during the Middle Ages for its teaching of Law, in which it was a pioneer. Unlike the University of Paris, Bologna never taught theology or science, its main object of study was teaching and law. -
Jan 1, 1400
Feudalism
The political system that prevailed during the central centuries of the Middle Ages in Western and Eastern Europe is known as feudalism. It was characterized by the decentralization of political power, passing the diffusion of power from the kings or emperors to the base, formed by the nobility and the aristocracy, which was where the execution of local power was carried out. -
1445
Gutenberg Printing
The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg in the year 1440. Gutenberg is considered as "the father of the printing press", after years trying to dispute the title between French, Italians, Dutch and Germans. -
Period: 1451 to 1506
Christopher Columbus.
He served as a navigator, cartographer, admiral, viceroy and governor general of the West Indies in the service of the Crown of Castile. He made the so-called discovery of America on October 12, 1492, when he reached an island in the current Bahamas, which would be called San Salvador. -
1453
BEGINNING OF THE RENAISSANCE
The Modern period started with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453, -
May 26, 1453
The fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople was the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire. -
Period: 1473 to 1481
Sistine Chapel
In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to decorate the Sistine Chapel. The result was a monumental creation that broke the molds of Renaissance art. -
Dec 10, 1492
End of the Middle Ages
The discovery of America was an adventure in which on October 12, 1492, a Spanish expedition led by Christopher Columbus and financed by the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragón, arrived in the new continent believing that their destination was the Indies. -
Period: 1548 to
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Tomás Luis de Victoria was a Catholic priest, chapel master and famous polyphony composer of the Spanish Renaissance. He has been considered one of the most relevant and advanced composers of his time -
1556
Access to the throne of Philip II
Philip II, (born May 21, 1527, Valladolid, Spain—died September 13, 1598, El Escorial), king of the Spaniards (1556–98) and king of the Portuguese (as Philip I, 1580–98), champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. During his reign the Spanish empire attained its greatest power, extent, and influence, though he failed to suppress the revolt of the Netherlands (beginning in 1566) and lost the “Invincible Armada” in the attempted invasion of England (1588). -
Begging Baroque
The Baroque was a period of history in Western culture originated by a new way of conceiving art and which, starting from different historical-cultural contexts, produced works in numerous artistic fields: -
The period of crisis in Spain
The period of crisis that Spain went through in the seventeenth century was one of the hardest in our history, not only due to economic regression, but also due to the enormous demographic decline, both of which were mainly affected in the Mediterranean and Atlantic areas. Unfortunately, the crisis could have been avoided if the right measures had been taken. -
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The expansion process
After the expansion process experienced in the 15th and 16th centuries, Europe was plunged into a deep crisis that lasted almost a century. A crisis in several aspects, the main one being demographic. Since the end of the Middle Ages, the population had increased continuously, but now the growth stops abruptly, even going backwards. -
Orpheus Opera.
It is one of the first works classified as opera. Composed for the Carnivals of Mantua and premiered in 1607 at the Court Theater of Mantua. The opera has a prologue and five acts with music by Monteverdi and a libretto by Alessandro Striggio the Younger. Based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, it tells the story of his descent into Hades and his unsuccessful attempt to bring his dead girlfriend Eurydice back to the world of the living. -
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The Thirty Years' War;
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. This war marked the future of the whole of Europe in subsequent centuries. -
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Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi1 (Venice, March 4, 1678-Vienna, July 28, 1741), known as Antonio Vivaldi, was a Baroque Venetian Catholic composer, violinist, impresario, teacher and priest. He was nicknamed Il prete rosso ("The Red Priest") because he was a priest and had red hair. -
Cuatro estaciones
Is a group of four concertos for violin and orchestra (each one is dedicated to a season: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. -
End of Baroque
Appreciate the sculptures and colonnades. The term Baroque was used until the 19th century in a pejorative sense due to the exaggeration of form and movement and due to the excess of fantastic and often whimsical decorative elements. -
SONATA
The SONATA is an instrumental composition that generally consists of 3 or 4 Movements (the terms Time or Movement are commonly used to designate each of the pieces that, taken together, make up the Classical Sonata). -
Begging of Classical period
Classicism is the historiographical name of a cultural, aesthetic and intellectual movement, inspired by the aesthetic and philosophical patterns of classical antiquity. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer, considered one of the most important and famous in history. He was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg and died in Vienna on December 5, 1791, at the young age of 35. -
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The Industrial Revolution begins.
The Industrial Revolution was a process of profound economic, social, cultural and technological transformations that took place between 1760 and 1840, and had its origin in England. The Industrial Revolution marked a before and after in the history of humanity. -
Jenny spinner invention.
James Hargreaves, a weaver and carpenter from Lancashire, England, invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764. It was the first important technical innovation in the textile industry and one of those that opened the doors to the Industrial Revolution, being considered a symbol of the time. -
The beginning of Romanticism
The literature of Romanticism was an anticlassical literary movement that began in the 18th century (ca. 1770) in Germany, England, and France, initially taking the form of Pre-Romanticism, and spread and cultivated throughout Europe. -
END OF THE RENAISSANCE
End with the French Revolution, in 1789. -
George Washington was elected first President.
In 1789, the first presidential election, George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States. With 69 electoral votes, Washington won the support of each participating elector. No other president since has come into office with a universal mandate to lead. -
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German playwright Goethe .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German playwright, novelist, poet and naturalist, a fundamental contributor to Romanticism, on whom he exerted a great influence. He was one of the forerunners, and at the same time the main exponent of the Sturm und Dran movement. -
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Great Revival in America.
The Great Awakening notably altered the religious climate in the American colonies. Ordinary people were encouraged to make a personal connection with God, instead of relying on a minister. Newer denominations, such as Methodists and Baptists, grew quickly. -
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Richard Wagner
Born in (Leipzig, now Germany, 1813 - Venice, Italy, 1883) German composer, conductor, poet and music theorist. Although Wagner practically only composed for the stage, his influence on music is unquestionable. -
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Collapse of the Napoleonic Empire.
On April 12, 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne after allied Austrian, Prussian and Russian forces vanquished his army and occupied Paris. Banished into exile on Elba, he returned less than a year later to challenge the weak Bourbon king who had replaced him. -
End of the Classical period
In the mid-1700s in Europe a new movement in architecture, literature and the arts known as classicism began to be generated. The musical classicism or classical period begins around 1750 and ends around 1820. -
Werner's very important work The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman or The Ghost Ship is a romantic opera in three acts with music and libretto in German by Richard Wagner, inspired by Heinrich Heine's Memoirs of Mr. Schnabelewopski. It premiered in Dresden, at the Königlich Sächsisches Hoftheater, on January 2, 1843. -
Telephone
The telettrofono or telephone was invented in 1854 by the Italian Antonio Meucci. His purpose was simple: to connect his office with the bedroom so that he could talk to his sick wife immobile in bed due to a serious illness. -
The beginning of the 20th century
The 20th century AD C. (twentieth century after Christ) or twentieth century e. c. (twentieth century of the common era) is the previous century; it was the last century of the 2nd millennium in the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 1901 -
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Dmitri Dmitrievich
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, known as Dmitri Shostakovich, was a Soviet composer, conductor, and pianist, one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. -
The end of Romanticism
Considering the moment in which the great romantic works were written, Spanish Romanticism is usually enclosed in the decade 1834 to 1844. It begins with La conjuración de Venecia. Historical drama in five acts and in prose (1834), by Martínez de la Rosa, and ends with Don Juan Tenorio (1844), by José Zorrilla. -
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First World War
But the immediate cause of the outbreak of the war was the assassination (June 1914) in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown. The Austro-Hungarian government declared war on Serbia, which was supported by Russia. -
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Creation of the Chinese Communist Party
The history of the Chinese Communist Party began with its establishment in July 1921. A study group led by Peking University professors Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao to discuss Marxism, led to intellectuals officially founding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1921. -
Creation of the Soviet Union, the first socialist state.
On 28 December 1922, a conference of plenipotentiary delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. -
WWII ( Second world war)
Germany then invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting World War II in Europe. -
West Side Story
Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, the two feuding families here become two youth gangs from the sixties in New York's West Side neighborhood. Both bands are the Puerto Rican 'Sharks' and Anglo-Saxon 'Jets'. -
The end of the 20th century
The 20th century AD C. (twentieth century after Christ) or twentieth century e. c. (twentieth century of the common era) is the previous century; it was the last century of the 2nd millennium in the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000. It is called the "avant-garde century".