Political and Social Events

Thomas More

Feb 4, 1516

Utopia is published

William Shakespeare

Feb 4, 1564

The Bard of Avon is born

Globe Theatre

Feb 4, 1599

build in London

Shakespeare

Feb 4, 1605

Shakespeare writes King and Macbeth
1605-1606

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Feb 4, 1609

Shakespeare's sonnets are published

King James Bible

Feb 4, 1611

King James Bible is published

Londond Newspapers

Feb 4, 1621

Newspapers are first published in London

Paradise Lost

Feb 4, 1658

John Milton begins Paradise Lost