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Feb 4, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
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Feb 4, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the America
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Feb 4, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More'es Utopisa is published
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Feb 4, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself of Church of England
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Feb 4, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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Jan 1, 1564
William Shakespeare,the Bard of Avon, is born
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Globe Theatre is built
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
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Shakespeare 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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Shakespeare's sonnets are published
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King James is published
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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Masachusetts
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Newspapers are first published in London
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John Milton begisn Paradise Lost
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II