English History in Early Modern English time

William Caxton establishes the first English printing press

Jan 1, 1476

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/william-caxton-and-canterbury-tales

Start of English Renaissance

Jan 1, 1500

https://prezi.com/nzskx17iupw4/english-renaissance/

6 William Tyndale prints his English translation of the New Testament of The Bible

Jan 1, 1526

William Shakespeare writes his first plays

Jan 1, 1590

http://shakespeare.about.com/od/shakespearefaq/f/What-Was-The-First-Play-Shakespeare-Wrote.htm

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, established

Jan 1, 1607

http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown

Death of William Shakespeare

Jan 1, 1616

Publication of the first English-language newspaper, the Courante or Weekly News

Jan 1, 1622

First Folio of Shakespeares works is published

Jan 1, 1623

Publication of the first daily English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, in London

Jan 1, 1702

Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language

Jan 1, 1755