IDSC 298
The German Cultural Heritage
| Course File 9 |
1500 through the End of the Holy Roman Empire
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Please start with the sound file. The notes below are referenced in the sound file.
Sound Files:
1. Sound File Nr. 1 (Modern Times and the Concerns of Martin Luther) (15 mins.) (mp3)
2. Sound File Nr. 2 (The Reformation and the 30 Years' War) (12 mins.) (mp3)
3. Sound File Nr. 3 (The Rise of Prussia. Hanover and England.) (14 mins.) (mp3)
4. Sound File Nr. 4 (The End of the Holy Roman Empire) (16 mins.) (mp3)
1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
1517 Martin Luther posts the 95 theses in Wittenberg (Wittenberg)
Martin Luther If you have a fast modem and a Powerpoint player, you can watch a slide show on Luther with a click on Luther's picture. |
The doors of the church in Wittenberg where Luther nailed the theses. The doors as they look today. |
Luther nails the theses to the church door in 1517 |
1522 Martin Luther translates the New Testament
1540 Ignatz of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
1545 Council of Trient: Start of the Counterreformation
1582 University of Würzburg founded.
1618 Start of the 30 Years War (30 Year's War map)
1620 Pilgrims reach Cape Cod
1630 End of the Hanseatic League
1631 Würzburg counquered by Gustav Adolf of Sweden.
1634 Murder of Wallenstein
1636 Harvard University founded
1701 Frederick I. becomes the first King of Prussia (Map) (Map)
1720 Foundation of the prince bishops' palace, designed by Balthasar Neumann. (Würzburg)
| 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concertos |  |
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1741 George Friedrich Handel Messiah |
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| 1749 Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |  |
| 1756 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |  |
1756-1773 Seven Years War (Prussia and Austria) (Map)
1760 George III. becomes King of England
1768 Invention of the steam engine
1769 Daniel Boon finds Cumberland Gap
1770 Thomas Jefferson builds Monticello
1775 Paul Revere rides to Lexington
1776 American revolution, Adam Smith Wealth of Nations
1781 Immanuel Kant Critique of Pure Reason
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1789 French revolution, Mutiny on the Bounty
1804 Napoleon becomes Emperor
1805 Victory of Napoleon over Austria
1806 End of the Holy Roman Empire
