Renaissance Time Line By jt6cpfb Period: Jan 1, 1480 to Jan 1, 1665 Renaissance Jan 1, 1485 Richard III is killed in battle Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1516 Thomas More's Utopia is published Jan 1, 1543 Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England by the Supremacy Act Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England Jan 1, 1564 William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born Jan 1, 1599 Globe Theatre built in London Jan 1, 1605 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Jan 1, 1607 First permanent English settlement in North America: Jamestown, Virginia Jan 1, 1609 Shakespeare's sonnet's are published Jan 1, 1611 King James Bible is published Jan 1, 1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Jan 1, 1621 Newspapers are first publoshed in London Jan 1, 1658 John Milton beings Paradise Lost Jan 1, 1660 Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy restored with Charles II
