ENGLISH PROJECT By jennasnider Jan 1, 1490 Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas Jan 1, 1499 20,000 die in London Plague Jan 1, 1508 Michealangelo begins painting ceiling of the Sistine Chapel Jan 1, 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon lands on the Florida Peninsula Jan 2, 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean Jan 1, 1519 Magellan begins voyage around the world Jan 1, 1519 Chocolate introduced to Europe Jan 1, 1521 Cortes conquers the Aztecs Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I inherits throne Jan 1, 1565 First permanent settlement in US founded by Pedro Menendez Jan 1, 1570 Iroquois Conederacy established to stop warfare among the five nations Jan 1, 1587 English Colony of Roanoke Island disappears, known as the Lost Colony Jan 1, 1588 The Spanish Armada is defeated by English fleet Jan 1, 1595 Shakespeare completes a Midsummer Night's Dream Jan 1, 1605 Cervantes publishes Part 1 of Don Quixote Jan 1, 1607 First permanent English settlement of Jamestown, Virginia Jan 1, 1609 Galileo builds first telescope Jan 1, 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts Jan 1, 1632 Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan begins building the Taj Mahal as tomb for his wife Mumtaz Jan 1, 1639 First printing press in English-speaking North America arrives at Massachusetts Jan 1, 1640 Bay Psalm Book published; first book printed in the colonies Jan 1, 1642 Civil War begins Jan 1, 1644 Ming Dynasty ends Jan 1, 1647 Massachusetts establishes free public schools Jan 1, 1652 First Dutch settlers arrive Jan 1, 1667 Milton publishes Paradise Lost Jan 1, 1690 Calcutta founded by the British Jan 1, 1692 Salam witchcraft trials result in the execution of twenty people Jan 1, 1721 Bach composes The Brandenburg Concertos Jan 1, 1726 Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels Jan 1, 1727 First coffee plants cultivated Jan 1, 1735 John Peter Zenger acquitted of libel, furthering freedom of the press Jan 1, 1741 Great Awakening, a series of religious revivals, begins to sweep the colonies Jan 1, 1741 Jonathan Edwards first delivers his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Jan 1, 1748 Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of the Laws, which later influences the US Constitution Jan 1, 1754 French and Indian War begins Jan 1, 1755 Samuel Johnson publishes Dictionary of the English Language Jan 1, 1773 Parliament's Tea Act prompts Boston Tea Party Jan 1, 1775 American Revolution begins Jan 1, 1776 Second Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence Jan 1, 1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart creates the comic opera The Marriage of Figaro Jan 1, 1787 Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia to draft the Constiution Jan 1, 1789 George Washington elected the first president of the United States