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Jan 26, 1485
Richard ||| is killed in battle
Richard was killed at the battle of Bosworth by Henry tudor or Henry the fifth. Richard was seen as a brutal and cold-hearted ruler. -
Jan 26, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus left spain with three ships the San Maria, the Nina, and the Pinta. He was originally trying to find a route to the indies, but ended up in the Bahamas. -
Jan 26, 1503
Leaonardo da vinci paint the mona lisa
The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman believed to be the wife of
Franesico del Glocondo, Lisa Gherardini. The Mona Lisa is now located in the luv and is one of Leonardo's most famous paintings. -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is publishede
Utopia is a 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 26, 1543
Henry v||| proclaims himself head of church of england
The Supremacy Act comfirmed the king as head of the Church. King Henry broke away form the Church of England aquired the assets and declared it the offical Church. -
Jan 26, 1558
Elizabeth i becomes queen of england
The crowning of Elizabeth began the Elizabethian era. The end of her reign had some millitary and enomical problems. Also, Elizabeth was sometimes know as the "Virgin Queen." -
Jan 26, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
WIlliam Shakepeare was born is Stranton-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England to John Shakepeare and Mary Arden. He becomes a famous poet and playwrite. -
Globe Theatre
The globe Theatre was built by Shakepeare playing company and owned by Thomas Brend. It burned down several times over the years and located in the southward district of London. -
Shakespheare writes King Lear and Macbeth
King Lear and Macbeth are both famous Shakespearean tragedies. Both of these tragic plays have been performed in the Globe theatre and played by many accomplished actors. -
First English settlement
Jamestown was established by the Virginia company. Many of the people who founded the town faced deadly disease, starvation, and hardship. -
Shakespheare Sonnets are published
Shakespeare wrote a set of 154 sonnets about love, morality, time, and beauty. The publisher was Thomas Trope. These sonnets were written with system of rhyming. -
King James Bible is published
King James had a new bible printed with some change passage because he disagreed with them. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
The Mayflower settlered purtians seeking religious freedom. and the first mention of the Plymouth Rock was not mentioned until 121 years after it was founded. -
Newspapers are first published in london
Corante was the title of the first newspaper and was from Italy. The newspaper carried no news about England. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise lost is an epic peom published as a set of 10 books in 1677.The peom concerns many biblical stories about the fall of man. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles
The restoration is used to describe the actual events in which the monarcy was restored. It signifies the reign of Charles the second and his brother's, James the second, reign.
