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Puritan commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with charles II
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Jan 1, 1485
Richard 3 is Killed in Battle
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Jan 1, 1492
christopher columbus reaches the americas
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Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo do Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1516
thomas Mores utopia is published
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Jan 1, 1543
with the supremacy act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of church of england
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Jan 1, 1558
Elezabeth I becomes Wueen of England
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Jan 1, 1564
william shakespeare, the bard of avon, is born
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Globe Theatre is built in london
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shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
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first permanent english settlement in north america is established at jamestown, virginia
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shakespeare's sonnets are published
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King James Bible is Published
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the mayflower lands at plymouth rock, massachusetts
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Newspapers are first published in london
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John Milton begins Paradise Lost