Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1450 Germany In this period The Dukes of Burgundy, members of the French Royal House of Valois extended their rule into the low countries of Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands (Holland) from the late 14th to the mid 15

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1645 In this year Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles I (who is later beheaded) and establishes a Republic in England; Rembrandt and Teniers are at the height of their artistic expression.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1665 England The Restoration period (after the restoration of the Monarchy to England in 1660) saw a flowering of arts and science under the patronage of Charles II.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1797 German In this year Napoleon defeated the Austians at Rivoli, Thomas Bewick published his landmark woodcut collection, "British Birds" and Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish, political philosopher and statesman died.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1620 England In this period Aelbert Culp the Dutch landscape artist was born (1620); Bernini created his "Neptune" and "Triton" sculptures; Van Dyck painted "Flight Into Egypt" (1621) and Schickardt builds the first

Fashion & Costume - France - (Color) c. 1780 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were King & Queen of pre-revolutionary France when this fashion was in style. The rich and ornate style of the period extended into all forms of art, style and architecture and

Fashion & Costume - England - (Color) c. 1640 England In this period Rubens died (1640); Van Dyck died (1641); cotton is manufactured in Manchester, England (1641) and income and property taxes are introduced in England. English Ladies, English, hat, gr

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1788-1790 In this period the Times of London began publishing; King George II had his first attack of mental illness, precipitating the regency crisis in England; and Washington D. C. was founded.

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1794 England In this period Josiah Wedgwood died (1795); Paganini, the violinist, made his debut (1793); gas was used as a means of street lighting in London for the first time (1792) and the painter Jean Baptiste Greuz

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1430 England In this period the painter Andrea Mantegna was born (1431); Donatello produced his "David" sculpture; the Germanic "double-eagle" was adopted as the symbol of the Holy Roman Emperors; Fra Angelico paints a

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1430-1450 Florence In this period the painter Andrea Mantegna was born (1431); Donatello produced his "David" sculpture; the Germanic "double-eagle" was adopted as the symbol of the Holy Roman Emperors; Fra Angelico p

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1590 England The Elizabethan age (1558-1603), the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, saw the beginnings of English world power. In this period Scottish mathematician James Napier first conceives the concept of logarit

Fashion & Costume - (Color) c. 1815-1820 Germany