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Aug 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bosworth_Field' >The Battle of Bosworth (or Bosworth Field) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century.</a> -
Oct 4, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus' > his voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americas, inaugurating a period of European exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted for several centuries. </a> -
Oct 4, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
www.google.com/?gfe_rd=ssl&ei=O5URVsmNLsKr-AW43JpQ#q=Leonardo+da+Vinci+painted+the+Mona+Lisa' >The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, best known as the most parodied work of art in the world -
Oct 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_%28book%29' >The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
Oct 4, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Head_of_the_Church_of_England' >Supreme Head of the Church of England was a title held by Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI of England, signifying their leadership of the Church of England.</a> -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England' > Elizabeth and the Roman Catholic Mary, in spite of statute law to the contrary. Edward's will was set aside and Mary became queen, deposing Lady Jane Grey. During Mary's reign, Elizabeth was imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels. -
Oct 1, 1564
William Shakespeare,the Bard of Avon,is born
nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/bard-of-avon/' >That is because he seems to have been given the title in recognition of his stature as ‘great poet’ and the unofficial national poet of England. It was only as the twentieth century advanced that he became inextricably identified with that title.</a> -
Globe Theatre is built in London
'en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre' >The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare it was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbe //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear' > King Lear depicts the descent into madness of the title character after he disposes of his kingdom between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. Macbeth the play illustrates the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake.</a> -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
//www.exploresouthernhistory.com/jamestown.html' >a small company ofsettlers landed at a point on the James Riverin Virginia and established the settlement ofJamestown. It was the first permanentEnglish settlement in the New World.</a> -
Shakespeare's sonnets are pubished
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_sonnets' >Shakespeare's Sonnets 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. </a> -
King James Bible is published
www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=strict&q=king%20james%20bible%20is%20published' >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
[Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It is an important symbol in American history.](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Rock) -
Newspapers are first published in London
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_London_Gazette' >The London Gazette claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK, having been first published on 7 November -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost' >The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_%28England%29' >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. The term Restoration is used to describe both the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and the period of several years afterwards in which a new political settlement was established.</a>
