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Aug 22, 1485
Richard the third is killed in battle.
Richard was killed at the battle of Bosworth by Henry tudor or Henry the fifth. Richard was seen as a brutal and cold-hearted ruler. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas.
Christopher Columbus left spain with three ships the San Maria, the Nina, and the Pinta. He was originally trying to find a route to the indies, but ended up in the Bahamas. -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman believed to be the wife of
Franesico del Glocondo, Lisa Gherardini. The Mona Lisa is now located in the luv and is one of Leonardo's most famous paintings. -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Thomas More's Utopia is a fiction book that discusses policial philosophies. It is also a frame narrative, which is the technique of telling a story within a story. -
Jan 1, 1543
WIth the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
The Supremacy Act comfirmed the king as head of the Church. King Henry broke away form the Church of England aquired the assets and declared it the offical Church. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England.
The crowning of Elizabeth began the Elizabethian era. The end of her reign had some millitary and enomical problems. Also, Elizabeth was sometimes know as the "Virgin Queen." -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born.
WIlliam Shakepeare was born is Stranton-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England to John Shakepeare and Mary Arden. He becomes a famous poet and playwrite. -
Globe Theatre is built is London.
The Globe Theatre was built by Shakepeare playing company and owned by Thomas Brend. It burned down several times over the years and located in the southward district of London. -
1605 - 1606 Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth.
King Lear and Macbeth are both famous Shakespearean tragedies. Both of these tragic plays have been performed in the Globe theatre and played by many accomplished actors. -
First Permanent Dnglish settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
Jamestown was established by the Virginia company. Many of the people who founded the town faced deadly disease, starvation, and hardship. -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published.
Shakespeare wrote a set of 154 sonnets about love, morality, time, and beauty. The publisher was Thomas Trope. These sonnets were written with system of rhyming. Ex. abab cdcd efef gg. -
King James bible is published.
King James had a new bible printed with some change passage because he disagreed with them. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
The Mayflower settlered purtians seeking religious freedom. and the first mention of the Plymouth Rock was not mentioned until 121 years after it was founded. -
Newspapers were first published in London.
Corante was the title of the first newspaper and was from Italy. The newspaper carried no news about England. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost.
Paradise lost is an epic peom published as a set of 10 books in 1677.The peom concerns many biblical stories about the fall of man. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
The restoration is used to describe the actual events in which the monarcy was restored. It signifies the reign of Charles the second and his brother's, James the second, reign.
