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Aug 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Left Spain 8-5- 1492. His objective was to reach Asia, but he actualy arrived in America. -
Sep 30, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jun 30, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
Sep 30, 1543
With the Supremecy Act, Henry VIII procalsims himself head of Church of England
As a consequence of the Pope's refusal to nullify his first marriage, Henry withdrew from the Roman Church and created the Church of England. -
Sep 30, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I was the long-ruling queen of England, governing with relative stability and prosperity for 44 years. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26. -
Globe Theatre is built in London
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Shakespeare write KIng Lear and Macbeth
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First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
The first settlers of Jamestown, led by the
famed Captain John Smith, built a fort,
church, storehouse and other structures in
their first three months at the settlement,
even as sickness and starvation stalked the
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Shakespeare's sonnets are published
title of a collection of 154 sonnets accredited to William Shakespeare which cover themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. -
King James Bible is published
English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Plymouth Rock was the site where William Bradford and other Pilgrims first set foot on land. -
Newspapers are first published in London
Corante was the first private newspaper published in English. As a result of a 1586 edict from the Star Chamber, it carried no news about England. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
tells the story of Satan’s rebellion against God, his expulsion from Heaven along with the rest of the rebel angels, and how he tempted Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit and fall from grace -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
