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He was killed at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
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After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia.
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The best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.
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The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries
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Is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. His disagreements with the Pope led to his separation of the Church of England from papal authority
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The childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
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Was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son
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King Lear It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character. Macbeth dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.
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Is where the British Empire began and this was the first colony in the British Empire
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Is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets accredited to William Shakespeare which cover themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality.
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released in 1611, was authorized by King James in order to have as accurate a translation as possible, which could be printed and widely circulated.
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The culmination of the voyage in the signing of the Mayflower Compact was an event which established a rudimentary form of democracy, with each member contributing to the welfare of the community.
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First titled newspaper, Corante
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Is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century