Timeline #1: The Renaissance

  • 476

    Fall of Rome

  • Period: 476 to

    Genres

    Hymn
    Chant
    Lai
    Motet
    Rondellus
  • 480

    Anicius Boethius (c. 480-524)

    Anicius Boethius (c. 480-524)
  • 600

    Pope Gregory collects chants; now named "Gregorian Chants"

  • 991

    Guido da Arezzo (c. 991 - c. 1033)

    Guido da Arezzo (c. 991 - c. 1033)
  • 995

    Wipo of Burgundy (c. 995 - c. 1048)

    Wipo of Burgundy (c. 995 - c. 1048)
  • 1065

    Godric (c. 1065 - 1170)

  • 1095

    1st crusade launched by the pope

  • 1098

    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

    Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
  • 1150

    Léonin (ca. 1150 - ca. 1201)

  • 1160

    Pérotin (c. 1160 - c. 1225)

  • 1175

    Aimeric de Peguilhan (c. 1175 - c. 1230)

    Aimeric de Peguilhan (c. 1175 - c. 1230)
  • 1230

    Guiraut Riquier (c. 1230 - c. 1292)

  • 1291

    Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)

    Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)
  • 1300

    Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377)

    Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377)
  • 1348

    Black Death outbreak

  • 1400

    Printing Press was invented

    Printing Press was invented
  • 1400

    Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 - 1460)

    Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 - 1460)
  • 1435

    Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435 - 1511)

    Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435 - 1511)
  • 1445

    Alexander Agricola (1445/46-1506)

    Alexander Agricola (1445/46-1506)
  • 1450

    Joaquin des Prez (ca, 1450-1521)

    Joaquin des Prez (ca, 1450-1521)
  • 1459

    Jean Mouton (1459-1522)

  • 1466

    Ottaviano Petrucci (1466-1539)

    Ottaviano Petrucci (1466-1539)
  • 1483

    Martin Luther (1483-1546)

    Martin Luther (1483-1546)
  • 1485

    Da Vinci's Last Supper

    Da Vinci's Last Supper
  • 1505

    Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - 1585)

    Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - 1585)
  • 1507

    Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1507-1568)

    Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1507-1568)
  • 1524

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1524-1594)

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1524-1594)
  • 1542

    William Byrd (1542-1623)

    William Byrd (1542-1623)
  • 1557

    Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1557-1612)

    Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1557-1612)
  • 1557

    Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

    Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
  • 1567

    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
  • 1570

    John Farmer (ca. 1570-1603)

    John Farmer (ca. 1570-1603)
  • 1570

    Michelangelo finishes "David"

    Michelangelo finishes "David"
  • 1575

    Thomas Weelkes (ca. 1575-1623)

    Thomas Weelkes (ca. 1575-1623)