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Jan 24, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle.
King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. -
Jan 24, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas.
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. -
Jan 24, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world" -
Jan 24, 1516
Thomas mores utopia is published
work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
Jan 25, 1543
With the supremacy act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of church of England.
Henry VIII proclaimed himself KING of Ireland in June, 1541. -
Jan 25, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England.
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Jan 24, 1564
William Shakespeare, the bard of Avon, is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
Globe theatre is built in london
Oak-and-thatch replica of original Elizabethan theatre, showing Shakespeare plays in the open air -
Shakespeare writes king Lear and macbeth
After murdering King Duncan and seizing the throne, Macbeth becomes consumed with guilt and paranoia as the tyrannical ruler of Scotland -
First permanent English settlement in north america is established at Jamestown, Virginia
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published
A sonnet is a poetic form which originated in Italy; Giacomo Da Lentini is credited with its invention. The term sonnet is derived from the Italian word sonetto -
King James bible is published
The King James Version, also known as the Authorized Version or King James Bible, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604 and was completed in 1611 -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
a merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England -
Newspapers are first published in London.
the Boston News-Letter published its first issue on April 24, 1704. John Campbell, a bookseller and postmaster of Boston, was its first editor, printing the newspaper on what was then referred to as a half-sheet. It originally appeared on a single page, printed on both sides and issued weekly. -
John Milton begins paradise lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse -
Puritan Commonwealth ends, monarchy is restored with Charles II
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Charles II's father, Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War.
