William Shakespear By AwesomeNerds1 Aug 22, 1485 Rishard III is killed in battle Aug 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas Feb 5, 1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa May 5, 1516 Thomas More's Utopia is published Apr 21, 1543 Henry VII proclaims himself head of the Church of England Feb 5, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England Apr 26, 1564 william Shakespear, the Bard of Avon, is born Feb 5, 1599 The Globe is built in London Feb 5, 1605 Shakespear writes King Lear Feb 5, 1606 Shakespeare writes Macbeth Feb 5, 1607 First permanant English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown,Virgina Feb 5, 1609 Shakespeares sonnets are published Feb 5, 1611 King James Bible is published Feb 5, 1620 The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachutes Feb 5, 1621 Newspapers are first published in London Feb 5, 1658 John Milton begins Paradise Lost Feb 5, 1660 Puritan Commonwealth ends;monarchy is restored with Charled II
