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Period: 1564 to
William Shaskpeare
William Shakespeare was a English playwright and poet an has been an important force in the field of music from his days to ours. -
The beginning of the baroque period
The Baroque period began in Italy, driven by the Catholic hierarchy, which saw art as an excellent weapon to curb the Protestant Reformation -
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Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution, which laid the foundation for modern science, began around 1600. It was a fundamental change in the way to study nature, with systematic experiments, documentation of results, and the use of mathematics to describe the workings of the physical world. -
The telescope
While there is evidence that the principles of telescopes were known in the late 16th century, the first telescopes were created in the Netherlands in 1608. Spectacle makers Hans Lippershey & Zacharias Janssen and Jacob Metius independently created telescopes. -
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The thirty years world
The war lasted from 1618 to 1648, starting as a battle among the Catholic and Protestant states that formed the Holy Roman Empire. However, as the Thirty Years' War evolved, it became less about religion and more about which group would ultimately govern Europe. -
Death of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England dies without children. His heir is James I, until 1625 the son of his cousin Mary Stuart, former Queen of Scotland, whom she herself ordered beheaded for treason. -
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English physicist, theologian, inventor, alchemist and mathematician. He is the author of the Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica, better known as the Principia, where he describes the law of universal gravitation and established the bases of classical mechanics through the laws that bear his name. -
Antonio Vivaldi's born
Antonio Vivaldi borns in March 4, 1678 in Venice, Italy. -
The end of the baroque period
For many scholars, the end of the Baroque period is established with the death of the composer Johan Sebastian Bach.