The Renaissance By mturley Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1700 The Renaissance Jan 1, 1485 Richard III is killed in battle Jan 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas Jan 1, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Jan 1, 1516 Thomas More's Utopia is published Jan 1, 1543 With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England Jan 1, 1564 William Shakespeare is born Jan 1, 1599 Globe Theatre is built in London Jan 1, 1605 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Jan 1, 1606 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth Jan 1, 1607 First Permanent English settlement in North America is established a Jamestown, Virginia Jan 1, 1609 Shakespeare's sonnets are published Jan 1, 1611 King James Bible is published Jan 1, 1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Jan 1, 1621 Newspapers are first published in London Jan 1, 1658 John Milton begins Paradise Lost Jan 1, 1660 Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
