
This information provided by Carol Reesor, who was a guest speaker for the class on the topic of Mary Magdalene especially concerning her portrayal in art. (February 26, 1996).
| B.C.E. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Birth of Christ | |
| C.E. | ||
| 30 | Crucifiction | |
| 98 | Roman Empire | |
| 313 | Christianity legalized | |
| 393 | Official religion | |
| 467 | Vandals sack Rome | |
| 590 | Pope Gregory Unifies Church | |
| 800 | Charlemagne - Holy Roman Empire | |
| 1095 | First crusade | |
| 1204 | Crusaders take Constantinople | |
| 1387 | Chucher "Canterbury Tales" | |
| 1431 | Joan of Arc | |
| 1445 | Gutenburg - first book | |
| 1517 | Martin Luther protests | |
| 1522 | Circumnavigation of world | |
| 1596 | Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" | |
| 1637 | Descartes "I think..." | |
| 1672 | Newton, gravity | |
| 1719 | Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe" | |
| 1759 | English take Quebec | |
| 1776 | American independence | |
| 1815 | Waterloo | |
| 1837 | Queen Victoria's reign |
| B.C.E. | ||
|---|---|---|
| c. 50 | Pompeii |
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| C.E. | ||
| 70 | Colosseum |
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| 320 | St. Peter's Basilica |
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| 250 | Dura Europa's "Two Women at Tomb" |
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| 400 | "Holy Women at the Tomb" |
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| 532 | Hagia "Sophia" |
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| 825 | Book of Kells |
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| 1063 | San Marco Venice |
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| 1073 | Bayeaux Tapestry |
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| 1194 | Chartres (Fr.) begun |
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| 1304 | Scrougeni Chapel Padua |
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| 1432 | Van Eych - Ghent Attar |
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| 1478 | Botticelli "Prima Vera" |
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| 1495 | da Vinci "Last Supper" |
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| 1501 | Michelangelo "David" |
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| 1503 | da Vinci "Mona Lisa" |
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| 1510 | Isenheim Altar Piece |
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| 1516 | Titian "Assumption" |
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| 1565 | Tintoretto "Crucifiction" |
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| 1633 | Van Dych - Charles |
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| 1642 | Rembrandt "Night Watch" |
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| 1770 | West, Death of Wolfe |
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| 1814 | Goya "Third of May" |
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| 1839 | Daquerre - first photo |