Music Timeline - the Renaissance

By D. Conger
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Voyages of Columbus

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1525

    Palestrina

    Palestrina
    1525 - 1594
  • Period: Sep 7, 1533 to

    Elizabeth I of England

  • Jan 1, 1543

    William Byrd

    William Byrd
    1543 - July 4,1623
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Act of Supremacy

  • Period: Apr 26, 1564 to

    William Shakespeare

  • May 9, 1567

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Claudio Monteverdi
    Orfeo1567-1643
  • Jan 1, 1572

    Drake Circles the Globe

  • Period: to

    Baroque

    General consensus with musical scholars is Bach's death marks the end of the period.