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Jun 1, 1485
Rischard 3 killed in battle
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Jun 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
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Jun 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vici paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia Is Published
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Jun 1, 1543
Henry 8th proclaims himself head of Church of England
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Jun 1, 1558
Elizabeth 1 becomes queen of England
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Jun 1, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
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Globe Theater Is Built
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
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Shakespeare's sonnets are published
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King James Bible is published
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Mayflower Lands
Plymoth Rock, Massachusetts -
Newspapers are first published in London
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John Milton begins Paradise list
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles 3
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First permanent english settlement established at Jamestown, Virginia
In North America