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Period: 500 to 1500
Medieval Period
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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance Period
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1450
Josquin des Prez
Renaissance Composer, 1450-1521 -
1519
Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation
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1532
Orlando di Lasso
Renaissance Composer, 1532-1594 -
1543
William Byrd
Renaissance Composer, 1543-1623 -
1567
Claudio Monteverdi
Renaissance Composer, 1567-1643 -
Period: to
Baroque Period
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Henry Purcell
Baroque Composer, 1659 - 1695 -
Antonio Vivaldi
Baroque Composer, 1678- 1741 -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque Composer, 1685-1750 -
George Frideric Handel
Baroque Composer, 1685 -1759 -
Newton publishes Three Laws of Motion
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Franz Joseph Haydn
Classical Composer, 1732 - 1809 -
William Billings
Classical Composer, 1746 - 1800 -
Period: to
Classical Period
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical Composer, 1756 - 1791 -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Classical Composer, 1770 - 1827 -
American Declaration of Independence
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French Revolution