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476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The destruction of the Roman Empire marks the end of Ancient Age and start of the Middle Age -
Dec 14, 800
Charlemagne crowned Imperator Romanorum
The Pope Leo III rewards all his fights giving Charlemagne, King of the Franks the title of Imperator Romanorum -
Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
William the Conqueror from the Norman Empire defeats the Anglo-Saxon and divides England with the supporters who fought in his side -
1088
The First Universities in Europe
They started to appear even more during the XIII century, but the firsts appeared in Bologna, Italy and in Oxford, England during the XI century -
Period: 1315 to 1317
The Great Famine
Whole northern Europe suffered the Great Famine in 1315 which prolonged itself till 1317. During these two years of famine, a big portion of the population died of hunger and diseases. There was a huge rate of criminality. -
Period: May 24, 1337 to Oct 19, 1453
The Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years’ War began when the Kingdom of England waged war against the Kingdom of France. -
Period: 1347 to 1350
The Black Death
It was an illness that came from Europe by rats in probably merchant ships and ended killing more than half of the European population -
Period: 1378 to 1417
The Great Schism
The Western Christendom suffered much bigger jolt during 1378 to 1417, when the Church was divided in three contestants for the Papacy. -
Period: 1400 to
Rebirth of the Ancient Culture
During the 15th and 16th century, all Europe started to be interested again in the antique culture,Greek and Roman. It appeared a new way to think called Humanism, in which the human was the centre of the creation, and the way to find beauty was in the harmony between the man and the nature -
May 29, 1453
Fall of the Oriental Rome Empire
The Ottoman Turks destroyed Constantinopla. This event sets the end of the Middle Age and the start of the Modern Age -
Aug 3, 1492
Discovery of America
Cristobal Columbus discovered America, but he thought it was just an alternative route to India -
1504
Michelangelo finished "David"
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes publishes the first part of his book "Don Quixote" -
L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo premiere was in february of 1607 of the Mantua Carnivals. It was written by Claudio Monteverdi, known for being a composer between the Renaissance and the Baroque period -
Caravaggio's death
The painter Michelangelo Caravaggio died in 1610 -
The Birth of the Baroque
This cultural period based on the pessimism and the feelings started in the first half of the XVIIth century -
Louis XIV of France rules
"The Sun King" started to rule France at the age of 4 and ruled until his dead -
Jean-Baptiste Lully
He was considered a master of the French baroque style dance that worked for Louis XIV of France, disavowing any Italian influence -
Antonio Vivaldi
From Venice, he is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. He composed instrumental concertos, for the violin and other instruments, sacred choral works and more than forty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. -
Georg Friedrich Händel
A great pillar of all the history of music, a great exponent of the opera seria and the oratorios. For example, The Messiah is one of his most known compositions, and one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music, with German inspirations instead of Italian inspirations . -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Since 1710, Bach was a German composer with French and Italian inspirations from an important musician family, but he's considered being one of the best musician of history -
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Classical Period
Society, economy (industry), and arts passed through a great period of evolution. The Enlightenment tried to help society with coexistence, for example, the steam locomotive and the cotton gin were invented, and in terms about music, it started what is called the Neoclassicism. -
The First Hot Air Balloon Flight with People Aboard
