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380
CHRISTIANITY
Christianity was growing and it became the
official religion. -
476
BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES
The Western Roman Empire fell. -
800
GREGORIAN CHANT
It was sang in the church .It's a monodic chant.Its text is in latin , no instruments were used , only male voices. -
1000
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages. -
1050
GUIDO DE AREZZO
Guido de Arezzo was an Italian Benedictine monk, music theorist and a central figure in Middle Ages music. He is considered the father of modern musical notation through the adoption of the tetragram. -
1300
MEDIEVAL ART
The gothic art was starting to develop as an important form. -
1400
BEGINNING THE RENAISSANCE
Reached its height in the 15th century. -
1400
THE BLACK DEATH
Pandemic that ended with 1/3 of Europe's population -
1454
GUTENBERG BIBLE
Gutemberg bible was published in 1454 -
1492
END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Christopher Columbus discovers America. -
Period: 1495 to 1560
NICOLSAS GOMBERT
He was a composer in the Franco-Flemish
school.He was also a composer of the chapel of Charles V, in 1526. -
1517
MONA LISA
Icon of the Renaissance, perhaps the most recognized painting in the world. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant. -
1527
END OF THE RENAISSANCE
Ended with the fall of Rome in 1527. -
Period: 1564 to
SHAKESPEARE
He was a writer from England, Stratford. -
Period: 1564 to
GALILEO GALILEI & the telescope
Galileo Galilei was part of a small group of astronomers who turned telescopes towards the heavens. After hearing about the "Danish perspective glass" in 1609, Galileo constructed his own telescope. -
BEGINNING OF THE BARROQUE
Started in Italy and spread throughout Europe. -
DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
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Period: to
ENGLISH REVOLUTION
The English Revolution is the period in the history of the Kingdom of England that covers from 1642 to 1688. It extends from the end of the reign of Charles I of England, through the British Republic and Oliver Cromwell's English Protectorate and ends with the Revolution Gloriosa. -
ENGLISH MONARCHY RESTORATION
Restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660. It marked the return of Charles II as king following the period of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The bishops were restored to Parliament, which established a strict Anglican orthodoxy. -
Period: to
THE REBIRTH OF NEW YORK
In 1664, New Amsterdam surrendered to the English without resistance. This was immediately renamed "New York" in honor of the Duke of York. The city developed rapidly: in 1700, it had about 5,000 inhabitants. -
Period: to
ANTONIO VIVALDI
He was born in Venice and died in Vienna. He was a very important composer in the baroque composing more than 700 works for different instruments, including more than 400 violin concertos and 46 operas. Between concerts, without a doubt, the four stations are among the most famous. -
Period: to
SEBASTIAN BACH
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TOLERATION ART
The Toleration Act was created in England -
OPERA
The opera, oratorio, and cantata were the most important new vocal forms, while the sonata, concerto, and overture were created for instrumental music. -
BEGINNING OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
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IN EUROPE THE MINUET WAS A POPULAR DANCE
Minuet or minuet is an ancient traditional dance of baroque music originating in the French region of Poitou, which reached its development between 1670 and 1750. -
Period: to
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
Period: to
MOZART
Mozart was a child prodigy. His father—a talented violinist—taught him basic notes on the harpsichord. Mozart composed his first piece of music in 1761, at age five; by age six, he had performed before two imperial courts. ... In Paris Mozart published his first piece of music, and in London he composed his first symphony. -
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGAN
This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. -
ELECTRIC BATTERY INVENTED BY VOLTA
It was invented by Alessandro Volta and consists of discs of two different metals, such as copper and zinc, separated by cardboard soaked in brine -
Period: to
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WAR
The United States War of Independence was a military conflict that pitted the original Thirteen British Colonies in North America against the Kingdom of Great Britain ending with the British defeat at the Battle of Yorktown. -
BEGINNING OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
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NAPOLEÓN CROWNED EMPEROR
On the 2nd of December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
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
FRENCH REVOLUTION
The French Revolution was a period of major social upheaval . It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power. It passed from a monarchy to a republic. -
EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI
The execution of Louis XVI by guillotine, a major event of the French Revolution, took place publicly on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution . -
Period: to
El Terror
El Terror fue un período de cambios caracterizado por el terrorismo de Estado que tuvo lugar durante el momento álgido de la Revolución francesa, que duró desde septiembre de 1793 al verano de 1794 con la caída de Robespierre, y que ha generado numerosos debates. -
FIRST VACCINATION
the farmer Benjamin Jesty and the physician Edward Jenner paid attention to the unsullied complexions of milkmaids and inferred that cowpox protected them from the ravages of smallpox -
Period: to
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer of the principles of musical Romanticism but, at the same time, a continuator of the classical sonata following the model of Ludwig van Beethoven. -
END OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD
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LA MAJA DESNUDA
The Naked Maja is one of the most famous works by Francisco de Goya. The painting is a commissioned work painted before 1800, in a period that would be between 1790 and 1800, the date of the first documented reference to this work. -
END OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
the Classical Era ran just seventy to eighty years, ending no later than 1820 -
INVENTION OF THE HARMONICA
1821 - The harmonica was invented by Friedrich Buschmann. -
Period: to
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Johannes Brahms was a German romantic composer, pianist and conductor, considered the most classic of the composers of that period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. -
QUEEN VICTORIA
Victoria became Queen of the British Empire on 20 June 1837 when her uncle, William IV, died. She was just 18. The coronation took place a year later at Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 28 June 1838. -
END OF ROMANTIC PERIOD