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Sep 26, 1485
Richard 3 is killed in battle
Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle. -
Sep 26, 1492
chrisopher columbus reaches america
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 26, 1503
Leonardo paints the mona lisa
is a 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
It is variously rendered On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia, Concerning the Highest State of the Republic and the New Island Utopia, On the Best State of a Commonwealth and on the New Island of Utopia, Concerning the Best Condition of the Commonwealth and the New Island of Utopia. -
Sep 26, 1543
Henry 8th proclaims himself head of church of england
Henry's struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from ... and establishing himself as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. ..... and proclaiming the opinion of the theologians at Oxford and Cambridge -
Sep 26, 1558
Elizabeth 1st becomes queen of england
was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", or "Good Queen Bess", Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. -
Apr 23, 1564
william sakespeare
According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. -
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.[4] A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. -
shakespeare writes king lear and macbeth
King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. -
First permanet Enlglish settlement
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Established by the Virginia Company of London -
shakespear sonets are published
dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, -
King James bible is published
With more than 6 billion copies published, the Bible is the most popular book in the world, and the King James Bible is the most published Bible translation. -
Mayflower lands at plymouth rock
Plymouth Rock is often hailed as the point where the colonists first set foot on their new homeland. -
Newspaper are first published in london
The London Gazette claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK. -
John milton begins paradise lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. -
Puritan commonwealth ends
The designation "Puritan" is often used in the sense that hedonism and ..... such as are fit for any place of authoritie, or of subjection in Church or commonwealth
