Literary Events By kara.green Feb 5, 1485 Richard lll is killed in battle Feb 5, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas Feb 5, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1516 Thomas More's Utopia is published Feb 5, 1543 With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England Feb 5, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England Jan 10, 1564 William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born Jan 1, 1599 Globe Theatre is built in London Jan 1, 1605 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Feb 5, 1607 First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia Feb 5, 1609 Shakespeare's sonnets are published Feb 5, 1611 King James Bible is published Feb 5, 1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Feb 5, 1621 Newspapers are first published in London Feb 5, 1658 John Milton begins Paradise Lost Feb 5, 1660 Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
