Events
Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)The Black Death Begins to Scourge Europe (1348)Treaty of Verdun (843)The Great Famine Begins (1315)Anno Domini Calendar Invented (525)Islamic Conquest of Persia (651)Charlemagne Crowned Emperor of the Romans (800)The Great Schism (1054)The First Crusade (1095)Genghis Khan Becomes Ruler of Mongols (1206)Fourth Lateran Council (1215)Beginning of the Hundred Years War (1337)Gutenberg Invents Printing Press (1439)Columbus Sets Sail in Search of Asia (1492)Salem Witch Trials (1692)Beginning of the Thirty Years War (1618)Toleration Act is Passed in England (1712)Fall of Constantinople (1453)Declaration of Independence Signed (1776)French Revolution (1787)Periods
Middle Ages (5th - 15th Centuries)Renaissance Era (1300-1600)Baroque Period (1600 - 1750)Classical Era (1750 - 1830)Life of Guido D'Arezzo
(991 - 1033)
ItalianLife of Hildegard Von Bingen
(1098 - 1179)
GermanLife of Léonin
1135/1150 - 1201
FrenchLife of Pérotin
Flourished in 12th Century
FrenchLife of Machaut
Around 1300 - 1377
FrenchLife of Josquin
Around 1450 - 1521
French or BelgianLife of Arcadelt
1505/1507 - 1568
French or BelgianLife of Palestrina
1525 - 1594
ItalianLife of Monteverdi
1567 - 1643
ItalianLife of Purcell
1659 - 1695
BritishLife of Handel
1685 - 1759
GermanLife of Vivaldi
1678 - 1741
ItalianLife of Bach
1685 - 1750
GermanLife of Scarlatti
1685 - 1757
ItalianLife of Haydn
1732 - 1809
AustrianLife of Mozart
1756 - 1791
AustrianLife of Beethoven
1770 - 1827
German
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