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Jan 29, 1485
Richard lll is killed in battle
Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. -
Jan 29, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World -
Jan 29, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506. Leonardo may have continued working on it as late as 1517. -
Jan 26, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478-1535) published in 1516 in Latin The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional isladn society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's descripction of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries. -
Jan 29, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry Vlll proclaims himself head of Church of England
kings Henry VIII and Edward VI, signifying their leadership of the Church of England. The title was created for King Henry VIII, who was responsible for the English Catholic church breaking away from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church after the Pope excommunicated Henry in 1533 over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. -
Jan 29, 1558
Elizabeth l becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. -
Jan 27, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor widely regared as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent damatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon" -
Globe Theatre is built in London
The Globe was built in 1599 uding timber from an earlier theatre. The burbages originally had a 21- year lease of the site on which the Theatre was built but owned the building outright. -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
Trgedy written by William Shakespeare. Depicts the gradual desccent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his thee daughters based on their flttery of him -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
The founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts – sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. -
Shakespeare's Sonnets are published
Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets accredited to William Shakespeare which cover themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. -
King James Bible is Published
The King James Version (KJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV) or King James Bible (KJB), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604 and was completed in 1611 -
The Mayflowe lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Image result for the mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It is an important symbol in American history. -
Newspapers are first published in London
The definition for 17th century newsbooks and newspapers is that they are published at least once a week. Johann Carolus' Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, published in Strassburg in 1605, is usually regarded as the first news periodical. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton . The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse -
Puritan Commonweath ends; monarchy is restored with Charels ll
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
