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Period: 1561 to
Luis of Góngora
Luis de Góngora was a Spanish baroque poet who was active in the 16th and 17th centuries. His work typically falls within culteranism, which uses cult metaphors in writing to add substance to the text and intrigue the reader. -
beginning of the baroque
The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Poland. -
the 30 years war begins
On 23 May 1618, a group of Bohemian Protestants led by Count Jindřich Matyáš Thurn-Valsassina threw two Catholic governors and their secretary out of a top-floor window of Prague Castle. This episode was the unlikely flash point that set off the Thirty Years' War. -
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Jean Baptiste Denis
In 1673 Denis created a haemostatic solution. The anti-hemorrhagic liquid that could be taken orally or applied directly to the wounds. His success with this solution first tried out on animals, then on human beings, won him the favour of Charles II. The King invited him to stay in London and offered to give him an appointment as his First Physician, an honour that Denis declined, wishing to return to Paris. -
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Franco-Spanish war.
a military conflict fought by France and Spain, with other powers participating at different points. -
first blood transfusion
In 1666 the English physician Richard Lower performed the first successful transfusion between animals. On June 15, 1667, the first direct blood transfusion to a human was performed by the physician Jean-Baptiste Denis, when he gave a feverish young man approximately 12 ounces of blood taken from a lamb. -
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death of composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach underwent eye surgery by the famous yet controversial ophthalmologist Sir John Taylor, who stayed in Leipzig from 4 to 7 April in 1750. Complications necessitated an additional operation. Although Bach was able to see again for a short time, he suffered a stroke and died shortly afterwards on 28 July in 1750. -
end of the baroque.
In the same respect, the year 1750 is considered the end of the Baroque due to the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. His music is considered to be the culmination of the Baroque style. Baroque is a term that was first applied to architecture in a derogatory manner.