The Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1485

    Richard 3rd Is killed in battle

    Richard died in a battle called battle of bosworth field. He was the last king of the house of York
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

    Christopher led his three ships out of the Spanish port of palos. He wanted to sail west till he reached the indies where the riches and gold are at.
  • Jan 1, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo was a Italian artist. The Mona Lisa was the best known, most written about and most visited art in the world.
  • Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas More Utopia Is published

    Utopia Was published in Latin, A Work of fiction and philosophy.
  • Jan 26, 1543

    The supremacy act, Henry v3 proclaims himself lead of church of england

    King Henry made an oath that he would be king.
  • Jan 1, 1558

    Elizabeth 1 becomes queen of England

    Queen Elizabeth was often called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess. Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of Tudor dynasty.
  • Jan 1, 1564

    William Shakespeare,The bard of Avon, Is born

    William Shakespeare,The bard of Avon, Is born
    Shakespeare was known for poet writing, and Writing Plays.
  • Globe theatre is built in London

    Globe theatre is built in London
    This is where Shakespeare would show his plays in open air
  • shakespeare wrties king lear

    king lear is a tragic play , written in english
  • First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown,Virginia

    Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent
    English settlement in the New World.
  • shakespeare's sonnets are published

    a fourteen line lyric poem. there are a total of 154 sonnets written by shakespeare. it covers themes such as love,beauty, time and mortality.
  • shakespeare writes macbeth

    macbeth was also wrtiiten as tradegy , the play was written between 1599 and 1606.
  • king james bible is published

    king james version was wroten to be read out loud at churches services. we wanted to make this verison to draw church people attention. he gave his version text a fresh oral quality that no other translater could have.
  • The mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

    The mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
    The Plymouth Rock is the most important symbol in American history. It's the traditional site of William Bradford
  • newspapers are first published in london

    Newspapers was published by the printer Nathaniel butter in london
  • John Milton begins paradise lost

    Paradise lost talks about Adam and Eve. It was based off the story of Adam and Eve and how they had to leave the garden of eve. Milton made it in a descriptive,detailed and long Way.