| Year |
Event |
| 1410 |
Conrad Paumann born. German Organist and composer. |
| 1426 |
Holland becomes the center of music. |
| 1430 |
Beginning of first Dutch School.(Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay) |
| 1430 |
Jakob Obrecht Born |
| 1430 |
Johannes Okegham born |  |
| 1436 |
Johannes de Tinctoris born. |
| 1437 |
John Dunstable develops counterpoint in musical composition. |
| 1440 |
Gasper van Weerbecke, Flemish Composer, born. |
| 1446 |
Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer, born. |
| 1450 |
Josquin des Pres born;Dutch composer. |
| 1450 |
Heinrich Isaak born; German Dutch composer. |
| 1451 |
Franchino Grafori born. Italian theorist. |
| 1453 |
John Dunstable, English Composer, dies. |
| 1453 |
Conrad Paumann, German blind organist publishes his “Fundamentum organisandi.” a collection of organ pieces, songs and dances. |
| 1459 |
Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian composer and organist, is born. |
| 1465 |
First printed music. |
| 1471 |
Jakob Obrecht : ”St. Matthew Passion” |
| 1473 |
Conrad Paumann dies. |
| 1474 |
Guillaume Dufay dies. Dutch composer. |
| 1484 |
Johannes de Tinctoris: “De inventione et usu musicase” |
| 1485 |
Clement Janequin, French composer, is born. |
| 1490 |
Ballet begins at Italian courts. |  |
| 1492 |
“Opera,” treatise on theory of music by Roman philosopher Boethius published in Venice. |
| 1492 |
Ludwig Senfl born. Swiss German ccomposer. |
| 1492 |
Antoine Busnois, French-Flemish composer dies ( birthdate unknown) |
| 1493 |
Maximilian I makes Paul Hofhaimer court organist and Heinrich Isaak court composer. |
| 1494 |
Jean Mauburnus: ”Rosetum exercitarium spiritualium” the first systematic study of musical instruments. |
| 1494 |
Johannes Okegham Flemish composer dies. |
| 1495 |
Josquin des Pres, Flemish Composer, appointed arganist and choirmaster at Cambrai Cathedral. |
| 1495 |
John Taverne is born; English composer. |
| 1496 |
Franchino Gafori, " Practica Musica" treatise on composition. |
| 1496 |
Johann Walther is born. |
| 1497 |
Henry Abyngdon, English composer and organist dies. |
| 1499 |
University of Oxford institutes degress in music |
| 1500 |
Ottavio de Petrucci of Venice prints music with movable types. |
| 1500 |
Josquin des Pres joins the court of Louis XII |
| 1500 |
Hans Folz of Nuremburg reforms songs of the mastersingers; from now on worldly subjects admitted. |
Music History Timeline - 1401 to 1500
