Timeline #1: The Renaissance

  • 476

    Fall of Rome

  • Period: 476 to

    Genres

    Hymn
    Chant
    Lai
    Motet
    Rondellus
  • Anicius Boethius (c. 480-524)
    480

    Anicius Boethius (c. 480-524)

  • 600

    Pope Gregory collects chants; now named "Gregorian Chants"

  • Guido da Arezzo (c. 991 - c. 1033)
    991

    Guido da Arezzo (c. 991 - c. 1033)

  • Wipo of Burgundy (c. 995 - c. 1048)
    995

    Wipo of Burgundy (c. 995 - c. 1048)

  • 1065

    Godric (c. 1065 - 1170)

  • 1095

    1st crusade launched by the pope

  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
    1098

    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

  • 1150

    Léonin (ca. 1150 - ca. 1201)

  • 1160

    Pérotin (c. 1160 - c. 1225)

  • Aimeric de Peguilhan (c. 1175 - c. 1230)
    1175

    Aimeric de Peguilhan (c. 1175 - c. 1230)

  • 1230

    Guiraut Riquier (c. 1230 - c. 1292)

  • Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)
    1291

    Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)

  • Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377)
    1300

    Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377)

  • 1348

    Black Death outbreak

  • Printing Press was invented
    1400

    Printing Press was invented

  • Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 - 1460)
    1400

    Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 - 1460)

  • Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435 - 1511)
    1435

    Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435 - 1511)

  • Alexander Agricola (1445/46-1506)
    1445

    Alexander Agricola (1445/46-1506)

  • Joaquin des Prez (ca, 1450-1521)
    1450

    Joaquin des Prez (ca, 1450-1521)

  • 1459

    Jean Mouton (1459-1522)

  • Ottaviano Petrucci (1466-1539)
    1466

    Ottaviano Petrucci (1466-1539)

  • Martin Luther (1483-1546)
    1483

    Martin Luther (1483-1546)

  • Da Vinci's Last Supper
    1485

    Da Vinci's Last Supper

  • Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - 1585)
    1505

    Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - 1585)

  • Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1507-1568)
    1507

    Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1507-1568)

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1524-1594)
    1524

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1524-1594)

  • William Byrd (1542-1623)
    1542

    William Byrd (1542-1623)

  • Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1557-1612)
    1557

    Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1557-1612)

  • Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
    1557

    Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

  • Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
    1567

    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

  • John Farmer (ca. 1570-1603)
    1570

    John Farmer (ca. 1570-1603)

  • Michelangelo finishes "David"
    1570

    Michelangelo finishes "David"

  • Thomas Weelkes (ca. 1575-1623)
    1575

    Thomas Weelkes (ca. 1575-1623)