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Feb 3, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
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Feb 3, 1503
Mona Lisa is painted
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". -
Feb 3, 1516
Thomas Mores Utopia Published
Utopia is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. -
Feb 3, 1558
Elixabeth becomes Queen of england
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. -
Feb 3, 1564
William Shakespeare, the bard of avon, is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". -
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=3071Two of shakespeares most profound tragedies. -
Shakespear writes King Lear and Macbeth
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First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown Virginia
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Shakespeares Sonnets are published
Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets accredited to William Shakespeare which cover themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. -
King James bible is published
The King James Version, also known as the Authorized Version or King James Bible, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604 and was completed in 1611. -
MAyflower LAnds on Plymouth Rock, Massechusets
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It is an important symbol in American history -
Newspapers are first published in London
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John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends;monarchy is restored with Charles II
