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Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, associated with the scientific revolution. -
Jacopo Peri
Jacopo Peri was an Italian composer and singer of the transition period between the Renaissance and the Baroque, and is considered the inventor of opera. -
Beginning of the Baroque
The beginning of the Baroque was marked in the different European States by different historical events: In Spain, the accession to the throne of Felipe II (1556) and the beginning of Spanish hegemony (which would last until the Thirty Years War). -
Death of Isabel I of england
The cause of Elizabeth’s death remains a hotly contested subject. Before her death, Elizabeth refused permission for a post-mortem to be conducted, leaving the cause of her death forever shrouded in mystery. -
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The Thirty Years war
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought in Central Europe (mainly the Holy Roman Empire) between 1618 and 1648, in which most of the great European powers of the time participated. -
Newton and Gravity
It was precisely the apple incident that was the most famous of his life. It happened in 1666. It is said that Isaac Newton conceived his law of universal gravitation while being in the shade of an apple tree. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, musician, conductor, chapel teacher, singer, and teacher of the Baroque period. He was the most important member of one of the most outstanding families of musicians in history. -
End of the Baroque
The end of the Baroque period is established with the death of the composer Johan Sebastian Bach on July 28, 1750.