Renaissance By AmberLynn1994 Sep 26, 1485 Richard III is killed in battle Period: Sep 26, 1485 to Sep 26, 1660 Events Sep 26, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas Sep 26, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Sep 26, 1516 Thomas More's Utopia is published Sep 26, 1543 With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England Sep 26, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England Sep 26, 1564 William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born Sep 26, 1599 Globe Theatre is built in London Period: Sep 26, 1605 to Sep 26, 1606 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Sep 26, 1607 First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia Sep 26, 1609 Shakespeare's sonnets are published Sep 26, 1611 King James Bible is published Sep 26, 1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Sep 26, 1621 Newspapers are first published in London Sep 26, 1658 John Milton begins Paradise Lost Sep 26, 1660 Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
