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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
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Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
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Jan 1, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry viii proclaims himself head of the Church of England
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Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth i becomes queen 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 1605 - 1606
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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
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles ii