Literary Events By eduardo.jimenez Feb 4, 1485 Richard III is killed in battle Feb 4, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the America Feb 4, 1503 Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1516 Thomas More'es Utopisa is published Feb 4, 1543 With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself of Church of England Feb 4, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England Jan 1, 1564 William Shakespeare,the Bard of Avon, is born Feb 4, 1599 Globe Theatre is built Feb 4, 1605 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Feb 4, 1606 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Feb 4, 1607 First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia Feb 4, 1609 Shakespeare's sonnets are published Feb 4, 1611 King James is published Feb 4, 1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Masachusetts Feb 4, 1621 Newspapers are first published in London Feb 4, 1658 John Milton begisn Paradise Lost Feb 4, 1660 Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II