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476
The dismissal of Romulus Augustulus
Odoacro(a Germanic chief), dismissed Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of Rome. This culminated a whole process of several centuries in which the Empire had already entered into decline. -
476
Beggining of the Middle ages
The beginning of the Middle ages starts with the fell of the Western Roman Empire. -
Period: 700 to 1400
Gregorian chant
Gregorian chant, also called "plain chanting," is the liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. It is characterized by being a song of a cappella vocal melodies,written on or from the texts of the Latin liturgy.
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1000
The creation of musical notes
The notes were first created in the eleventh century It was an idea of the monk Guido D'Arezzo and was not exactly the same as we know them now.What this monk came up with is to give a name to each musical note and put them in a tetragram. -
Period: 1150 to 1400
Gothic art
It is a style that developed in Western Europe during the last centuries of the Middle Ages, from the mid-twelfth century until the implantation of the Renaissance -
Period: 1339 to 1453
The Hundred Years War
The War of the Hundred Years Conflict between 1339 and 1453 involving England and France. It was the last phase of the struggle waged by the Plantagenets against the French monarchy as early as the 12th century. The 100 Years War was thus the outcome of the enmity between England and France for years.
Another cause of the conflict was the commercial interests that both had.
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1440
The invention of the printing press
The invention of the printing press is attributed to the German, Johannes Gutenberg.Gutenberg. Gutenberg is regarded as "the father of the printing press",after years trying to dispute the title between French, Italians, Dutch and Germans. -
1453
Beginning of the Renaissance
The Modern period started with the fall of the Byzantine empire, in 1453. -
Period: 1474 to 1504
The reign of Isabel La Católica
Being sovereign, Isabel creates the Inquisition, expels the Jews, supports Columbus, a sailor who promises new commercial routes, reconquers Granada, unites Castile with Aragon and pacifies his own kingdom. -
1492
The end of the Middle ages
The end of this period will be the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the discovery of America. -
1500
Anthropocentrism
It is a philosophical current that had its origin in the Renaissance, according to which man is the measure of all things and the center of the universe. -
1500
Josquín des Pres
At this time the most widespread musical forms were the motet, the mass, the polyphonic song and the Christmas carol (as a Spanish contribution). Among the composers, the most prominent figure was Josquín des Pres (1440-1521), who cultivated both religious and secular music.
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Period: 1500 to
Profane music
During the 16th century, profane polyphony conquered new sociological areas that led to the diversification and consolidation of its styles. Its most popular aspects exerted a decisive influence on the configuration of the sacred style, while the more cultured ones progressively reached a vanguard position with respect to it.
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1524
German Peasants' War
It was a popular revolt in the Holy Roman Empire between 1524 and 1525. It consisted, like the preceding Bundschuh movement and the Hussite wars, in a series of revolts, both economic and religious, by Catholic peasants, citizens and nobles who they had gone over to Luther's Protestantism. -
Period: 1550 to
The Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg (1555) temporarily eased the tensions arising from the Reformation. Carlos V abdicated the Spanish throne in 1556 and Felipe II assumed the position. England's Golden Age began when Elizabeth I was crowned queen in 1558. Religious wars continued: the Battle of Lepanto, part of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars, was fought in 1571, and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants had place in France in 1572. -
Period: 1556 to
Reign of Philip II
The Hispanic empire of Felipe II includes the Crown of Castile with all its dominions and the Crown of Aragon with all its dominions. Throughout his reign he obtained the kingdom of Portugal with all its domains and colonies. Franche-Comté and the Netherlands also belong to him. -
The beginning of the Baroque Period
The Baroque Period developed in Europe in the 17th century. -
El Quijote
In 1605 Miguel de Cervantes published "El Quijote" one of the most representative works of the Baroque and literature. -
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The 30 years war
The Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648) especially in Germany, between Catholics and Protestants. Germany was torn apart. The decline of the Habsburgs and the rise of France began. -
Carlos I is executed
English Revolution. Carlos I is executed in 1649 for being considered a tyrant by Parliament and Cromwell leads a civil war that tries to establish a Commonwealth in 1650. -
Period: to
Las Meninas
Las Meninas is considered the masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age painter Diego Velázquez. Finished in 1656, according to Antonio Palomino. -
Period: to
The Late Baroque
During this stage, new musical trends emerged such as innovation in tonal formulas or the expansion of the concert style. In addition, this is already a time of consolidation of the musical style in which there is the presence of most of the most important baroque musicians from many European countries such as Italy (Antonio Vivaldi), Germany (Johann Sebastian Bach), France (Jean Philippe Rameau) -
Clarinet
The clarinet was invented around 1700 by the German flute maker Johann Christoph Denner of Nuremberg, as a modification of the chalumeau, a reed folk instrument. -
''Las 4 estaciones''
The 4 stations is a group of four concertos for violin and orchestra (each one dedicated to a season: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. -
Beginning of the classicism
This period started in 1730. -
The end of the Baroque Period
The Baroque Period ended in the first half of the 18th century.It was characterised by a pessimistic view of life and the
importance of feelings. -
Period: to
The Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert
It is an encyclopedia published between 1751 and 1772 in France under the direction of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. It is colloquially known as the "Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert". -
Period: to
Ludwing van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist and piano teacher. His musical legacy spans, chronologically, from Classicism to the beginnings of Romanticism. -
Period: to
American War of Independence.
The American War of Independence was a war that pitted the original Thirteen British Colonies in North America against the Kingdom of Great Britain. -
Quinteto «La música nocturna de las calles de Madrid»,
Night music in the streets of Madrid is undoubtedly one of the most popular works of its author, the Tuscan Luigi Boccherini. -
The end of the Renaissance
The Modern period ended with the French Revolution, in 1789. -
Period: to
The death of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish teacher, composer and virtuoso pianist, considered one of the most important in history and one of the greatest representatives of musical Romanticism. -
Declaration of Independence of Argentina
The Declaration of Independence of Argentina was a decision taken on Tuesday, July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán, by which it declared the formal rupture of the ties of political dependence of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata with the Spanish monarchy. -
Ganymede with Jupiter's Eagle
Ganymede was to take the place of Hebe as the taster of the gods, because she spilled the drink – the nectar – that made the gods immortal. Thorvaldsen modelled the group sculpture in 1817 and it exists in several marble copies.Sculptor: Bertel Thorvaldsen. -
The End of Classicism
This period ended in 1820. -
The beginning of romanticism
The romanticismo began in 1820. -
The creation of photography
The first photographic process was invented by Niépce around 1824. Images were obtained with Judea bitumen, spread on a silver plate, after an exposure time of several days. In 1829, Niépce joined Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre in his research. -
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a musical work written by composer Felix Mendelssohn, based on the play of the same name written by English playwright William Shakespeare. Mendelssohn composed the musical work at different times in his life. -
Period: to
'The desperate one'
The Desperate Man is a painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet, executed between 1845 and 1846, is a self-portrait of the artist in the image of a young man looking at the viewer with despair and impatience. -
The death of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (1836-1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish poet and storyteller, belonging to the Romanticism movement. -
Period: to
Reign of Alfonso XII
Alfonso XII of Spain, nicknamed "the Peacemaker" was king of Spain between 1874 and 1885. Son of Queen Isabella II -
Beginning of the 20th Century
Classical music in the 20th century was extremely diverse. It began with the continuation of the movements in force at the end of the 19th century such as the late Romantic and post-Romantic styles. -
The end of the romanticism
The romanticism finished in 1910. -
Mexican Revolution
It was an armed conflict that began in Mexico on November 20, 1910. The background of the conflict dates back to Mexico's situation under the dictatorship known as the Porfiriato. -
Period: to
World War I
It was a warlike confrontation centered in Europe that began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the conditions of the armistice.
