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Richard, captured and defeated at Flint Castle by his rebellious subjects, was later imprisoned in the Tower of London by his ever rebellious cousin, Henry IV, during the Lords Appellants' rebellion. He later starved to death in captivity.
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In a glaring navagational mistake, Columbus discovers the Americas and begins the colonization and settlement of the New World.
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Da Vinci completes his most famous work, a sitting of portrait of what is thought to be Lisa del Giocondo. With her enigmatic smile, the "Mona Lisa" has become the indisputable face of Renaissance art.
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Known also by "A Truly Golden Little Book", "Utopia" describes the social, political, and religious customs of a fictional island society of a utopian island society. Thomas Moore's questionably satirical description (and subsequent solving) of European society has captured the minds of students of civilization everywhere, However, its principles flatly contradict those held by the author, causing readers to question the true motives behind its writing.
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After the Catholic Church declined to present Henry VIII with yet another marriage annullment, Henry declared himself head of the new Anglican Church of England. Later making England the home of "those rebellious Protestants", this act of defiance instigated several wars in English history.
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After ridding England of her half-sister, the infamous Catholic "Bloody Mary", Elizabeth ushered in the Golden Age of the British Empire. Under her rule, Britain was transformed into the world power it was destined to become; strong both economically, militarily, and politically, England was to be feared in the Catholic nations.
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The son of John & Mary Shakespeare, he would later become the very face of the stage. His dramas and poetry have been some of the most widely-read literature of Western civilization.
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The Globe Theatre underwent a tu·mul·tu·ous history (burned, rebuilt, burned again, shut down, and moved across a river brick by brick, just to name a few). London is now home to a rebuilding of the ever-famous theatre.
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Founded by the Virginia Joint-Stock Company, Jamestown was the first permanent English foray into the New World. Plauged by sanitation problems, famine, lack of actual laborers, and sickness, Jamestown's early years were made even more difficult by raids conducted by their Indian neighbors. Saved by Captain John Smith, Jamestown later became a cornerstone of the settlement of North America.
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Shakespeare's sonnets (some of which are thought to be adressed to his lover) contain themes that range from time, mortality, death, and beauty.
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Edited to reconcile the beliefs of the Church of England and tenets of King James himself, the widely-read King James Translation of the Bible was comissioned to earn the favor of and control the beliefs of the common man.
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The "Mayflower" brought over many of the exiled English Separatist Puritans from their original place of exile, the Dutch Empire. After believing their children to be becoming "too Dutch", the Separatists set out to make a religious haven for Puritanism.
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With the advent of the printing press, the common man had access to the latest news, opinions, and advertisements. Revolutionizing the way people communicated ideas, the newspaper created a new medium for discussion.
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John Milton's most famous work, his epic poem "Paradise Lost" depicts the Fall of Man and Satan post-fall from Heaven. "Paradise Lost" rivals Dante's "Divine Comedy" as the most widely known Christian-influenced outside of the Bible due to the encapsulating narrative and themes presented throughout the work, such as how marriages (previously thought to depend upon the woman and lacking love) should be mutual partnerships and the place of idolatry in the modern world.
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With the monarchy restored and Cromwell beheaded, Charles II was to suffer ruling during the Great Plague of London (with a death rate of 7,000 in a week). He was later tried during the Great Fire of London, joining the fire fighting force and finally stopping the destruction of England's capital city.
