Renaissance

The Renaissance

  • November 8, 1485
    Nov 8, 1485

    November 8, 1485

    Richard was king of England from 1483 until death in 1485, at age of 32 in the battle of Bosworth Field.
  • Christopher Columbus reaches the amercians
    Nov 8, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the amercians

    Columbus discovered America in 1492. Columbus led his 3 ships. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia
  • Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa
    Nov 9, 1503

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa, oil painting on a popular wood panel by Leonardo
  • Thomas More's Utopia is published
    Nov 9, 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

    Utopia is worked of fiction ad political philosophy. This book is a frame of narrative primarily depicting a fictional society and its religious
  • With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
    Nov 9, 1543

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

    The Acts of Supremacy are two acts of the Parliament of England passed in 1534 and 1559 was established
  • Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
    Nov 9, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

    she claimed the throne at the age of 25 and held it for 44 years, keeping England in the ascendant through wars and political and religious turn oil.
  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    Globe Theatre is built in London

    The globe theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the lord Chamberlain's men on land owned by Thomas bend and was destroyed by a fire on June 29, 1613
  • First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.

    First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.

    The Jamestown settlement in the colony of Virgina was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Jamestown is where the British Empire began, this was the first colony in the British empire.
  • Shakespeare’s sonnets are published

    Shakespeare’s sonnets are published

    Shakespeare's sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets which cover themes such as passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality
  • King James Bible is published

    King James Bible is published

    It is an English translation of the Christian bible for the church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611
  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

    The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

    The pilgrims first landed, however, near the site of modern Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod in November
  • Newspapers are first published in London

    Newspapers are first published in London

    In 1621 the newspaper "corante" is published collecting and publishing the daily news date.
  • John Milton begins paradise lost

    John Milton begins paradise lost

    PAradise lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th century English poet John Milton, it is consisted of ten books with over ten thousand line verse
  • Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II

    Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II

    King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. The Restoration of 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 three Kingdoms
  • William Shakespeare, The BArd of Avon is born

    William Shakespeare, The BArd of Avon is born

    Church records indicate that William Shakespeare baptized at a holy trinity church in Stratford upon April 26, 1564
  • Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

    Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

    One possible event that may influenced by his 3 sisters tried to have her elderly father which declared insane so that she could take control of his property