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Jan 1, 1485
Richard iii
Killed in battle -
Jan 1, 1492
Christipher Columbus
reaches america -
Jan 1, 1503
Mona Lisa
Leonardo Divinci Paints Mona Lisa -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More
Utopia is published -
Jan 1, 1543
King Henry and the Supremacy Act
WIth Supremacy Act Henry viii proclaims himself head of Church of England -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth i
becomes queen of England -
Jan 1, 1564
William Shakespeare Birth
Known as the Bard of Avon, is born -
Globe
The Globe Theatre is built in London -
Shakespeare Writes King Lear and Macbeth
Until 1606 -
Jamestown, Virginia
First permanent English settlement in North America established -
Shakespeare's sonnets
Published -
King James Bible
Published -
Mayflower
lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts -
Newspapers in London
First Published -
John Milton
Begins Paradise Lost -
Puritan Commonwealth ends
monarchy is restored with Charles ii
