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Period: Jan 1, 1485 to
Timeline of events
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Aug 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard III is killed in the Battle of BOwsworth Field, at the age of 32. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
He was originally supposed to sail to Asia to find gold and riches, but mistakenly arrived at "The New World" instead -
Oct 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
This is a half-length portriat of a woman by the name of Lisa Gherardini. This was painted by the famous Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is believed to have been painted sometime between 1503-1506. -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More’s Utopia is published
Thomas More was an English lawyer, who wrote the book Utopia, in Latin. This book was published in 1516. -
Jan 1, 1534
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
This title was held by two different kings, Henry VIII and Edward VI. This church was formed after the Pop of the Roman Catholic church excommunicated Henry VIII for his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Th Supremacy Act proclaimed Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
She was the queen of England and Ireland and ruled from Novemebr 17 until her death. She was often referred to as the Virgin Queen. -
Apr 1, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
Son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden -
Globe Theatre is built in London
William Shakespeare's playing company, Lord Chamberlain's Men, had the Globe Theatre built in London in 1599. It was rebuilt in 1614 -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
King Lear is a tragedy play written around 1603 and originally played sometime around 1606. Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is also a tragedy play. It is believed to have been written between 1599-160, and originally seen performed in the Glbe Theatre in 1611. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
The Jamestown[1] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607. -
Shakespeare’s sonnets are published
Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets. It was first published in a 1609 with the full title: SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. Never before Imprinted. (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in 1599. -
King James Bible is published
The King James Verion of the bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. It is know as the King James Bible (KJB), the Kng James Version (KJV), and the Authorized Version (AV). -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor in 1620, after first stopping near today's Provincetown. According to past tales, Plymouth Rock was the site where William Bradford and other Pilgrims first set foot on land. -
Newspapers are first published in London
Corante: or, Newes from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France was published by the printer Nathaniel Butter in London. The earliest of the seven surviving copies is dated September 24, 1621. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Charles II ws proclaimed king in Scottland on 5 Febuary, 1649.
