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Nov 10, 1492
1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas -
Nov 10, 1503
1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa -
Nov 10, 1516
1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published -
Nov 10, 1543
1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England -
Nov 10, 1558
1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England -
Nov 10, 1564
1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born -
1599
Globe Theatre is built in London -
1605-1606
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth -
1607
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia. -
1609
Shakespeare’s sonnets are published -
1611
King James Bible is published -
1620
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts -
1658
John Milton begins Paradise Lost -
1660
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II -
1621
Newspapers are first published in London -
1458
Richard III is killed in battle