Renaissance Timeline

By NickBean10
  • Oct 22, 1485

    Richard III in killied in battle.

    King of England from 1483-1485. Killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. The last king of House York.
  • Oct 22, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

    Italian explorer, sailed from Portugal to reach India, but founded the Americas instead.
  • Oct 22, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.

    Italian painter, scholar, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, etc. Thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini.
  • Oct 22, 1516

    Thomas More's "Utopia is published

    Work of fiction and political philosophy. The book is a framed narrative depicting a fictional island society, and its religious, social, and political customs.
  • Oct 22, 1543

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

    Piece of Legistlation that granted Henry VIII Royal Supremacy.
  • Oct 22, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes the queen of England

    Last Monarch of the Tudor dynasty, and King Henry VIII's daughter.
  • Oct 22, 1564

    William Shakespear, the Bard of Avon, is born

    William Shakespear is born to John and Mary Shakespear. In Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    A theatre built in London that is associated with William Shakespear. Destroyed by a fire in June 1613, Rebuilt in 1614.

  • Shakespear writes King Lear and Macbeth.

    Two of Shakespear best known tragedies. Both plays are similar by the main character showing arrogance.

  • 1st permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia

    Est. by the Virginia Company of London. Three ships: Susan Constant, Discovery, and Godspeed under Captain Christopher Newport, founded where Jamestown would be settled.

  • Shakespeare's sonnets are published

    Collection of 154 sonnets. Expressing the themes of passage of time, love, beauty and mortality.

  • King James Bible is published

    King of England basically his entire life. English translation for the Christian Bible.

  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Carried people seeking religious freedom from England to the New World. Captained by Christopher Jones. Has become a iconic story for the first Americans.

  • Newspapers are first published in London

    William Caxton sets up first English printing press in Westminster. The title of the first newspaper was Corante.

  • John Milton begins Paradise Lost.

    Epic Poem by Milton. Considered to be his major work. Concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan.

  • Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II

    The United Kingdom was ruled by a republic following the second English Civil War and death of Charles I.