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1545–51: First Council of Trent. |
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1553–1558: Mary Tudor Queen of England. 1558–1603: Elizabeth I Queen of England. |
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1577–80: Drake around world. |
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1588: Spanish Armada. |
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1598: Edict of Nantes |
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1542–1543: Portugese become first Europeans to visit Japan. |
1547: Michelangelo appointed architect of St. Peter's. |
1554: Mary Tudor Queen of England marries Prince Philip of Spain. |
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1567: Duke of Alba in Netherlands |
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1579: Union of Utrecht (Dutch Republic). |
1582: Gregorian calendar |
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1594: Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. |
1598: Spanish in New Mexico |
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1543: Copernicus (1473–1543), On the Revolutions of the Celestial Orbs. |
1555: Peace of Augsburg |
1580: Portugal & Spain united. |
1584: Virginia colony established. |
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1595: Death of Torquato Tasso, poet (b. 1544). |
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1568–1648: Dutch Wars of Independence. |
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1543: Susato establishes printing press in Antwerp. |
1547: Claude Gervaise, Second liure... . |
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1555: Bermudo, Declaración de instrumentos musicales… . |
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1581: Vincenzo Galilei (d. 1591), Dialogo…della musica antica e della moderna. |
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1588: Nicholas Yonge, Musica transalpina. |
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1594: Bottrigari, Il Desiderio. |
1597/98: Peri, Dafne |
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1542–1543: Silvestro di Ganassi, Regola Rubertina. |
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1547: Glareanus, Dodecachordon. |
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1558: Zarlino, Le istitutioni harmoniche. |
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1589: La Pellegrina |
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1593: Girolamo Diruta, Il Transilvano, Part I. |
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1542: Geneva Psalter published (1st edition). |
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1592: Ludovico Zacconi, Prattica di musica, Part I. | | | | | |
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1470/80-before 1552 Philippe Verdelot |
Verdelot d. before 1552 |
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ca. 1485-1558 Clément Janequin |
Janequin d. 1558 |
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ca. 1485-1558 Hugh Aston |
Aston d. 1558 |
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ca. 1486-1542/43 Senfl |
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ca. 1490-1545 Constanzo Festa |
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ca. 1490-1545 John Taverner |
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ca. 1490-1562 Claudin de Sermisy |
Sermisy d. 1562 |
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ca. 1490-1562 Adrian Willaert |
Willaert d. 1562 |
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ca. 1495-ca. 1560 Nicolas Gombert |
Gombert d. ca. 1560 |
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1496-1570 Johann Walter |
J. Walter d. 1570 |
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ca.1500-1553 Cristóbal de Morales | Morales d. 1553 |
Morales d. 1553 |
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ca. 1500-ca. 1561 or later Luis de Milán |
Milán d. ca. 1561 or later |
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1505?-1568 Jacques Arcadelt |
Arcadelt d. 1568 |
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ca.1505-?1572 Christopher Tye |
Tye d. ?1572 |
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ca.1505-1585 Thomas Tallis |
Tallis d. 1585 |
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ca.1508-1580 Alonso Mudarra |
Mudarra d. 1580 |
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ca. 1510-1555/56 Clemens non Papa (Jacob Clement) |
Clemens non Papa d. 1555/56 |
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ca. 1510-1564 Pierre de Manchicourt |
Manchicourt d. 1564 |
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1510-1566 Antonio de Cabezón |
Cabezón d. 1566 |
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ca. 1510-ca. 1570 Diego Ortiz |
Ortiz d. 1570 |
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ca. 1515-1559 John Sheppard |
Sheppard d. 1559 |
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1515/16-1565 Cypriano de Rore |
Rore d. 1565 |
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1517–1590 Gioseffo Zarlino |
Zarlino d. 1590 |
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1521–1603 Philippe de Monte |
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ca. 1525-after 1577 Girolamo Cavazzoni |
Cavazzoni d. after 1577 |
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ca. 1525–1594 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
Palestrina d. 1594 |
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1528-1599 Francisco Guerrero |
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1528/30-1600 Claude Le Jeune |
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ca. 1529-1601 Costanzo Porta |
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ca. 1530/32–1594 Orlande de Lassus |
Lassus d. 1594 |
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ca. 1532?-1585 Andrea Gabrieli |
A. Gabrieli d. 1585 |
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1533-1604 Claudio Merulo |
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ca. 1535-1592 Alessandro Striggio |
Striggio d. 1592 |
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1535-1596 Giaches de Wert |
Wert d. 1596 |
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1539/40-1623 William Byrd |
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| [Caccini] |
ca. 1545-1618 Giulio Caccini |
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| [Victoria] |
1548-1611 Tomas Luis de Victoria |
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| [Cavalieri] |
ca. 1550-1602 Emilio de' Cavalieri | | | |
| [O. Vecchi] |
1550-1605 Orazio Vecchi |
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| [Marenzio] |
1553/54-1599 Luca Marenzio |
| [G. Gabrieli] |
ca. 1554/57-1612 Giovanni Gabrieli |
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| [Morley] |
1557/58-1603 Thomas Morley |
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| [Gesualdo] |
1560-1613 Don Carlo Gesualdo |
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| [Sweelinck] |
1562-1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | | | |
| [Bull] |
1562-1628 John Bull | | | |
| [Dowland] |
1563-1626 John Dowland |
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| [Monteverdi] |
1567-1643 Claudio Monteverdi |
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| [Banchieri] |
1568-1634 Adiano Banchieri |
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| [S. Rossi] |
1570-ca. 1630 Salamone Rossi |
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| [Praetorius] |
ca. 1571-1621 Michael Praetorius |
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| [Wilbye] |
1574-1638 John Wilbye |
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| [Ferrabosco] |
ca. 1575-1628 Alfonso Ferrabosco (ii) |
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1576-1623 Thomas Weelkes |
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1583-1625 Orlando Gibbons | | | |
| [Frescobaldi] |
1583-1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi | | | |
| [Schütz] |
1585-1672 Heinrich Schütz | | | |
| [Schein] |
1586-1630 Johann Schein | | | |
| [F. Caccini] |
1587-ca. 1640 Francesca Caccini |
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1587-1654 Samuel Scheidt | | | |
| [Jenkins] |
1592-1678 John Jenkins |
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ca. 1594-1665 Tarquinio Merula |
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| [Buonamente] |
1595-1642 G.B. Buonamente |
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ca. 1595-1665 Biagio Marini |
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1596-1662 Henry Lawes |
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1597-1653 L. Rossi |
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Late Sixteenth-Century Chronology (1540–1599)
