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Renaissance Period

By Hall Frost
  • King Richard III is killed in battle
    Oct 22, 1485

    King Richard III is killed in battle

  • Christopher Columbus Reaches the Americas
    Oct 22, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Reaches the Americas

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Oct 22, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • Thomas More's Utopia is published
    Oct 21, 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

    Utopia depicts an island society and all of its rituals and customs. The book is an example of a frame narrative. A frame narrative is a literary technique used to tell a story within a story. The frame story leads readers from a first story into the next one.
  • With the Supremacy Act, Henery VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
    Oct 22, 1543

    With the Supremacy Act, Henery VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England

  • Elizabeht I becomes queen fo England
    Oct 22, 1558

    Elizabeht I becomes queen fo England

  • William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
    Oct 22, 1564

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

    William Shakespeare was born in 1564. He was born to John and Mary Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born in Stratford on Avon which is in the south Warwickshire
  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    Globe Theatre is built in London

  • Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

    Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

  • First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia

    First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia

  • Shakespeare's sonnets are published

    Shakespeare's sonnets are published

  • King James Bible is published

    King James Bible is published

  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

  • Newspapers are first published in London

    Newspapers are first published in London

  • John Milton begins Paradise Lost

  • Puritain Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II