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The destruction of the Roman Empire marks the end of Ancient Age and start of the Middle Age
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The Pope Leo III rewards all his fights giving Charlemagne, King of the Franks the title of Imperator Romanorum
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William the Conqueror from the Norman Empire defeats the Anglo-Saxon and divides England with the supporters who fought in his side
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They started to appear even more during the XIII century, but the firsts appeared in Bologna, Italy and in Oxford, England during the XI century
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Whole northern Europe suffered the Great Famine in 1315 which prolonged itself till 1317. During these two years of famine, a big portion of the population died of hunger and diseases. There was a huge rate of criminality.
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The Hundred Years’ War began when the Kingdom of England waged war against the Kingdom of France.
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It was an illness that came from Europe by rats in probably merchant ships and ended killing more than half of the European population
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The Western Christendom suffered much bigger jolt during 1378 to 1417, when the Church was divided in three contestants for the Papacy.
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During the 15th and 16th century, all Europe started to be interested again in the antique culture,Greek and Roman. It appeared a new way to think called Humanism, in which the human was the centre of the creation, and the way to find beauty was in the harmony between the man and the nature
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The Ottoman Turks destroyed Constantinopla. This event sets the end of the Middle Age and the start of the Modern Age
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Cristobal Columbus discovered America, but he thought it was just an alternative route to India
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Miguel de Cervantes publishes the first part of his book "Don Quixote"
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L'Orfeo premiere was in february of 1607 of the Mantua Carnivals. It was written by Claudio Monteverdi, known for being a composer between the Renaissance and the Baroque period
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The painter Michelangelo Caravaggio died in 1610
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This cultural period based on the pessimism and the feelings started in the first half of the XVIIth century
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"The Sun King" started to rule France at the age of 4 and ruled until his dead
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He was considered a master of the French baroque style dance that worked for Louis XIV of France, disavowing any Italian influence
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From Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He composed instrumental concertos, for the violin and other instruments, sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
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A great pillar of all the history of music, a great exponent of the opera seria and the oratorios. For example, The Messiah is one of his most known compositions, and one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music, with German inspirations instead of Italian inspirations .
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Since 1710, Bach was a German composer with French and Italian inspirations from an important musician family, but he's considered being one of the best musician of history
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Society, economy (industry), and arts passed through a great period of evolution. The Enlightenment tried to help society with coexistence, for example, the steam locomotive and the cotton gin were invented, and in terms about music, it started what is called the Neoclassicism.
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