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Aug 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
He was King of England for two years, from 1483 until he died on August 22, 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
He was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer who found the Americas in the 11th century -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world." -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
"Utopia" was published in Latin. It is a frame narrative based on religious, social, and political customs of Thomas himself and other people he met in the continent. -
Jan 1, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
He was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. Also, he was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII. -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
She was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
William was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. No one knows for sure when he was actually born, but they think it is around April 23. He was an English poet and playwright, and is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
Globe Theatre is built in London
It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company It was burned down 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
King Lear is a tragedy based on characters descending into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. -
Macbeth was written
Macbeth is a play, it is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. It is set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as a way to fulfil the ambition for power. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort." -
Shakespear's sonnets are published
Are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, first published in a 1609. -
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. It was first printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The Mayflower was the Pilgrim ship that in 1620 made the historic voyage from England to the New World. The ship carried 102 passengers in two core groups – religious Separatists coming from Holland and a largely non-religious settler group from London. -
Newspapers are published in London
They were published at least once a week in Strassburg in 1605 it's usually regarded as the first news periodical. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
It is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It 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, and Milton's purpose. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
Was the period from 1649 onwards when England, along later with Ireland and Scotland,[1] was ruled as a republic following the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.
