1400-1450
1400 - English adopted
1420 - John Dunstable
1431 - Joan of Arc burned at stake
1450-1500
1450 - Gutenberg Bible & Guillaume Dufay
1453 - End of Hundred Year’s War
1492 - Columbus discovers New World
1500-1550
1500-‘20 - Josquin des Prez
1501 - Petrucci’s Odhecaton (Music Printing)
1504 - Michelangelo’s David
1517 - Martin Luther
1543 - Death of Copernicus
1550 - 1600
1545-‘63 - Council of Trent
1550-‘90 - Palestrina
1560-1600 - Elizabeth I of England
1588 - England defeats Spanish Armada