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Jan 29, 1485
Richard III is killed
Richard III was the king of England from 1843 until his death in the Battle of Bosworth field. in 1845. His death in the battle symblozies the end of the Middle Ages in England during the Wars of the Roses. -
Jan 29, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, which led him to the discovery of the Americas. Although he was not the first European to discover the Americas, his voyages had the biggest impact on Europe staying contacted with America. -
Jan 29, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is the most talked about, sung about, written about and most parodied piece of art. It's believed that it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy sometime from 1503 to 1506 but still worked on until about 1517. It is a half-length portrait of the wife of Italian man, Francesco del Giocondo. -
Jan 29, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
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Feb 6, 1543
Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII. -
Feb 7, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth 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. -
Feb 6, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, Shakespeare started out as an actor then later became a playwright. He wrote 37 plays 154 sonnets. He was known as the Bard of Avon. -
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. -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
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First Northern American settlement
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.[ -
Shakespeare'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, first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. Never before imprinted. (although sonnets 138 and 144 had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The Passionate Pilgrim). The quarto ends with "A Lover's Complaint", a narrative poem of 47 seven-line stanzas written in rhyme royal. -
King James bible is published
The King James Version (KJV), commonly known as the Authorized Version (AV) or King James Bible (KJB), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.[2] First printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker,[ -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The Mayflower was the Pilgrim ship that in 1620 made the historic voyage from England to the New World. The ship carried 102 passengers in two core groups – religious Separatists coming from Holland and a largely non-religious settler group from London. -
Newspaper are published in London
During the 17th century, there were many kinds of publications, that told both news and rumours. Among these were pamphlets, posters, ballads etc. Even when the news periodicals emerged, many of these co-existed with them. A news periodical differs from these mainly because of its periodicity. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.
