Western Music History 1 Timeline By Jessica May Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1450 Middle Ages period Jan 1, 1000 Troubadours and Trouveres began Jan 1, 1163 Beginning of Notre Dame Cathedral Jan 1, 1170 School of Notre Dame Jan 1, 1215 Magna Carte signed Jan 1, 1300 Troubadours and Trouveres ended Jan 1, 1300 Machaut was born Jan 1, 1377 Machaut died Jan 1, 1387 The Canterbury Tales written Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Jan 1, 1600 Renaissance period Jan 1, 1492 Columbus reaches America Jan 1, 1503 Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1504 The David Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther's start of Reformation Jan 1, 1596 Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Jan 1, 1600 Shakespeare's Hamlet Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1750 Baroque Period Jan 1, 1610 Galileo confirms that the Earth revolves around the sun Mar 31, 1685 Bach is born Jan 1, 1692 Witchcraft trials in Salem Jan 1, 1721 Concerto No. 5 in D major Jan 1, 1741 Handel, Messiah Mar 2, 2022 Earliest Notated Gregorian chant manuscripts