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476
Start of 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. -
500
Creation of the University
The University of Bologna was founded in 1088 and, having never been out of operation, holds the title of the oldest university in the world. -
Period: 500 to 1400
Feudalism
The dominant social system in medieval Europe. -
1000
Trobadours
A troubadour is a singer-songwriter poet from the Middle Ages. -
1054
Eastern Schism
Precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches. -
Period: 1170 to 1310
Ars antiqua
We use this moment as the line to divide two eras of music. -
Period: Jul 1, 1267 to Jan 8, 1337
giotto di bondone
Kiss of judas , the last judgement. -
1453
End of the Middle ages
Fall of the eastern Roman 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 of the Spanish Renaissance at the time of the Catholic Monarch. -
Period: 1474 to 1504
Reign of Isabel I of castile.
She was queen of Castile and she married to Fernando. -
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 l of England.
She supported the protestants and persecuted the Catholics. -
Period: 1543 to
Wiliam Byrd
He was the most famous English composer of the last years of the Tudor era and the first Stuart era. It belonged to the Late Renaissance. -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Counter-Reformation
In Italy, the meeting of the Council of Trent and the beginning of the Counter-Reformation. -
1556
Phillip II and hegemony
In Spain, the accession to the throne of Philip II and the beginning of Spanish hegemony (which would last until the Thirty Years' War). -
Period: 1564 to
Wiliam Shakespeare
He has passed into the history of literature; for his theatrical genius, and especially for the impressive portrait of the human condition in his great tragedies. -
Beginning of the Baroque
Pessimistic view of life and the importance of feelings. -
Death of Tomás luis de Victoria.
He was a catholic priest chapel master and famous polyphonic composer os the spanish Renaissance. -
El mágico prodigioso
El mágico prodigioso a drama by Pedro Calderón de la Barca -
Period: to
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, conductor, violinist, singer and teacher of the Baroque period. -
Period: to
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck, was a German composer. -
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons is a group of four concertos for violin and orchestra by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. -
Period: to
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a highly influential French painter in the neoclassical style. He sought inspiration in Greek sculptural and mythological models. -
End of the Baroque
Death of composer Johan Sebastián Bach -
Period: to
William Blake
William Blake was a British poet, painter, and printmaker. Although he remained largely unknown during his lifetime, Blake's work is held in high esteem today. -
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus and Eurydice is an opera in three acts by the German composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck, with a libretto by Raniero di Calzabigi. -
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. -
Independence of the United States of America
The congressmen, representatives of the thirteen colonies, proclaimed the Act of Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. -
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution or First Industrial Revolution is the process of economic, social and technological transformation that began in the second half of the 18th century in the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1780 -
Oath of the Horatii
Oath of the Horatii is a work by Jacques-Louis David made in. -
End of the Renaissance.
The Renaissance ended with the French Revolution. -
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. -
Period: to
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France. -
Period: to
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France. -
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
William Blake publishes The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. It is part of a series of books that he wrote as an imitation of biblical prophecy. -
Period: to
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 -
Period: to
Richard Wagner
ñl Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German Romantic composer, conductor, poet, essayist, playwright, and music theorist. -
Period: to
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
Ended between the early Modern period and the late Modern Period. -
Beginning of the Romantic period
Romanticism, attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music etc. -
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. -
La Campanella
La Campanella is a study for piano composed by the pianist and composer Franz Liszt. It is Study No. 3 of Paganini's Grandes Études and is written in the key of G sharp minor. -
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. -
End of the Romanticism period
The English Romantic Period ended with the coronation of Queen Victoria. -
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. -
Period: to
Johann Wolfgang von 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.