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Richard III died in the thick of battle after losing his helmet and coming under a hail of blows from vicious medieval weapons.
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Columbus reaches the Bahamas on the Santa Maria
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The ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work
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Utopia is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
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Besides his six marriages, Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
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In 1558, Elizabeth succeeded her half-sister to the throne, and she set out to rule by good counsel.
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He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26 April 1564. His actual date of birth remains unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April.
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The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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On May 14, 1607, Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, elected president of the governing council on April 25, selected a piece of land on a large peninsula, some 40 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, as a prime location for a fortified settlement.
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Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets
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King James Bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.
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During their first winter in America, more than half of the Plymouth colonists died.
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