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Sep 27, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
lord Stanley killed Richard III after Richard killed Henry standard barer and was about to kill Henry Tudor but lord Stanley intervened and found the kings crown in a bush and rewarded it to Henry Tudor, then came the great Tudors -
Sep 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
an explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.[2][3][4][5] Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents. -
Sep 27, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
half-length portrait of a woman 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. -
Sep 26, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
The first discussions with Raphael allow him to discuss some of the modern ills affecting Europe such as the tendency of kings to start wars and the subsequent bleeding away of money on fruitless endeavours. -
Sep 27, 1543
with the Supremacy act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of church of england
Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry's struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from papal authority -
Sep 27, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", or "Good Queen Bess", Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. -
Sep 26, 1564
William Shakespeare, the bard of avon is born
Strictly speaking, a bard is an exalted national poet, and the "Bard of Avon" remains for millions the greatest English playwright and poet of all time, penning 37 plays and 126 sonnets. Some scholars believe he was incapable of writing the majestic prose and poetry. -
Globe Theatre is built in london
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.[ -
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
Written within a year of each other, these are widely regarded as Shakespeare’s most profound tragedies. The course will consider them not only as studies in moral evil, but also as tragedies of state with a peculiar relevance to the Jacobean period. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established
Jamestown Settlement is a name used by the Commonwealth of Virginia's portion of the historical sites and museums at Jamestown. Jamestown was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America. -
Shakespear's sonnets are published
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, -
King James Bible is published
an English translation of the Christian Bible by 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. -
Newspapers are first published in London
The Times is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, -
John Milton begins Paradise lost
the poem is separated into twelve "books" or sections, and the lengths of each book varies greatly (the longest being Book IX, with 1,189 lines, and the shortest Book VII, having 640). In the second edition, each book was preceded by a summary titled "The Argument". -
Puritan Commonwealth ends;monarchy is restored
The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
