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Richard III is killed in battle.
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Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
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Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Thomas More's Utopia is published.
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With the Supremacy Act, Henry View proclaims himself head of Church of England
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Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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William Shakespeare is born
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The Globe is built in London.
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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 Bible is published
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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
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Newspapers are first published in London
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John Milton begins Paradise Lost
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
