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The emergence and expansion of the Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation, in the history of Christianity, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal. The Roman Catholic Church responded to the Protestant challenge by purging itself of the abuses and ambiguities that had opened the way to revolt and then embarked upon recovery of the schismatic branches of Western Christianity with mixed success. -
The barroco starts
The Baroque was a period of history in Western culture that originated with a new way of conceiving art (the "baroque style") and which, starting from different historical-cultural contexts, produced works in numerous artistic fields: literature, architecture, sculpture, painting, music, opera, dance, theater... (1600-1750) -
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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Thirty Years’ War
in European history, a series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of Europe, and, when it ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the map of Europe had been irrevocably changed. A brief treatment of the Thirty Years’ War follows. -
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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. -
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King Louis XIV of France
King Louis XIV of France was a huge supporter of the arts and was a great contributor to the development of the Baroque dance style. He reigned from 1654 to 1715, but the Palace of Versailles was not officially in use until 1682 (Louis XIV, 2019). -
pendulum clock
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is an approximate harmonic oscillator: It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length, and resists swinging at other rates. From its invention in 1656 by Christiaan Huygens, inspired by Galileo Galilei, until the 1930s, the pendulum clock was the world's most precise timekeeper, accounting for its widespread use. -
George Frideric Handel
Incorporated German polyphonic choral tradition with Italian baroque style. Known for exemplifying the 'high baroque' style with his development of Italian opera and the genre of the English oratorio. -
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Scarlatti
Keyboard Virtuoso and had a progressive style -
Baroque period end
In the same respect, the year 1750 is considered the end of the Baroque due to the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. His music is considered to be the culmination of the Baroque style. Baroque is a term that was first applied to architecture in a derogatory manner.