Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 6 September:   ISABELLA LEONARDA = Italian composer = [died: 1704]


• probable:
• ADAM DRESE = German bass viol player and composer = [died: 1701]

Timeline of Events

• 17 May: The first merry-go-round is seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey).
• 3 June: The oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, is begun at Quebec City, Quebec Canada.
• 15 July: The ship Speedwell departs Delfshaven with the Leiden colonists and Pilgrims.
• 5 August (O.S.): The Mayflower and Speedwell depart together from Plymouth, England, but the Speedwell starts to leak again and must stop.
• 6 September (O.S.): The Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England, on its 3rd attempt without the Speedwell, arriving on November 11 (Old Style date) at Cape Cod (named fromConcord voyage of 1602).
• 3 November: The Great Patent is granted to Plymouth Colony.
• 21 November:
• (N.S.) = The Mayflower arrives inside the tip of Cape Cod, with the Pilgrims and Planters.
• Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (11 November, O.S.).
• 21 December: Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.


• Also in 1620:
• The modern violin is developed.

Popular Music

• The Ballad of Chevy Chase (second version)

Classical Music

• MANUEL RODRIGUES COELHO
• Flores de musica pera o instrumento de tecla & harpa
• MICHELANGOLO GALILEI
• Il primo libro d'intavolatura di liuto

Opera

• CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
• Andromeda