Important Dates in the Development of Architecture
B.C.
3200 Rise of Ancient Egyptian Kingdoms.
EGYPTIAN PERIOD begins. Great Pyramid of Cheops; Great Sphinx.
3000 Early Greek Civilisation.
1800 Stonehenge begun.
700 GREEK DORIC
525 Egypt becomes a Persian Province.
400 GREEK IONIC and CORINTHIAN.
147 ROMAN PERIOD begins.
146 Romans Conquer Greece.
30 Egypt Conquered by Rome.
A.D.
300 BYZANTINE PERIOD begins (Eastern Roman Empire).
400 EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD begins.
500 Roman Empire begins to collapse.
800 Crowning of Charlemagne
ROMANESQUE PERIOD begins (in Northern Europe).
1066 NORMAN PERIOD begins (in England).
1140 GOTHIC PERIOD begins. (in France. First Gothic building, Choir of St Denis, near Paris).
1175 NORMAN PERIOD ends (in England). Canterbury Cathedral is rebuilt bringing Gothic architecture to England.
EARLY ENGLISH PERIOD begins.
1200 ROMANESQUE PERIOD ends (in Northern Europe).
1245 Building starts on Westminster Abbey.
1250 LATE GOTHIC and FLAMBOYANT PERIOD begins (in France).
1299 DECORATED PERIOD begins (in England).
1330 Choir of Gloucester Cathedral built (first building in Perpendicular style).
PERPENDICULAR PERIOD begins (in England).
1400 EARLY RENAISSANCE PERIOD begins (in England).
1485 TUDOR PERIOD begins.
1500 HIGH RENAISSANCE PERIOD begins (in Italy, Michelangelo).
1530 FRENCH RENAISSANCE PERIOD begins.
1558 ELIZABETHAN PERIOD begins.
1600 BAROQUE PERIOD begins (in Italy).
1603 JACOBEAN PERIOD begins.
1650 BAROQUE PERIOD begins (in France).
1666 Great Fire of London.
Rebuilding of London by Christopher Wren.
BAROQUE PERIOD begins (in England).
1715 GEORGIAN PERIOD begins.
1750 ROCOCO PERIOD begins (in France).
1811 REGENCY PERIOD begins.
1837 VICTORIAN PERIOD begins.
1920 MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
N.B. Since the styles of architecture changed quite slowly, the dates given above are, in most cases, only approximate.

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