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Nov 9, 1458
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Nov 9, 1492
Christopher Clumbus reaches the Americas
an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa -
Nov 9, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, -
Nov 8, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
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 island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
Nov 9, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. -
Nov 9, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. -
Nov 8, 1564
William shakesspeare, the bard of Avon, is born
Bard (surname) Bård, Norwegian given name and surname Nicknames William Shakespeare (died 1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard Robert Burns -
Globe Theatre is built in London
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, thought to have been first performed in 1606.[1] It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
The Jamestown[1] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. William Kelso writes that Jamestown "is where the British Empire began ... this was the first colony in the British Empire -
Shakesspeare's sonnets are published
Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers 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 the King James Bible (KJB), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.[a] -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The Mayflower was the ship that transported the first English Separatists, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. -
Newspapers are first published in London
A newspaper is usually but not exclusively printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
Charles II was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
