modern era By aysecgagon 1850 start of modern era 1859 Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection is published 1874 Arnold Schoenberg Austria, String Quartet No. 2 1879 albert einstein 1880 helen keller Jun 17, 1882 igor stravinsky Russia, Renard 1895 babe ruth Sep 26, 1898 George Gershwin America, Porgy and Bess Apr 29, 1899 Duke Ellington America, Concerto for Cootie Sep 12, 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich Russian, To October 1918 U.S. enters World War I Jul 11, 1937 George Gershwin 1951 Arnold Schoenberg Apr 6, 1971 igor stravinsky May 24, 1974 Duke Ellington 1975 end of modern era Aug 9, 1975 Dmitri Shostakovich