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Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his last battle. Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle.
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1492, Christopher Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas, changing the world forever
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The Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci's and the world's most famous painting, it is also the only portrait by Leonardo whose authorship remains unquestioned.
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The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
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Henry Vlll is probably the most well known of the Tudor kings. He broke away from the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.
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Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old!
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an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
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The Theatre where most of shakespears plays were preformed.
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Written within a year of each other, these are widely regarded as Shakespeare's most profound tragedies.
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the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the Virginia English colony on the banks of the James River
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Shakespeare's sonnets were published in 1609, no doubt without authorization, by the unsavory Thomas Thorpe (1580-1614),
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First addition of history's most printed book.
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The Mayflower Arrives in the New World- Plymouth Rock a History. ... of whom were Puritans, received a grant of land on which to set up their own colony. They set sail from England on the Mayflower, arriving in Massachusettes
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The first titled newspaper, Corante, was published in London, England in 1621. And the first regular daily newspaper called The Daily Courante
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton
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The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish. Ended the Protectorate and Commonwealth; Restoration of Charles II. Puritanism lost its momentum, and the bawdy "Restoration comedy"