Renaissance

By Paul.suaste
  • 1485

    Richard the 3rd is killed in battle

    Richard the 3rd is killed in battle
    Richard III was King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus reach the Americas

    Christopher Columbus reach the Americas
    Christopher Columbus led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas.
  • 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

    Thomas More's Utopia is published
    Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More
  • 1543

    Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England with the Supremacy Act

    Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England with the Supremacy Act
    The Supreme Head of the Church of England was a title for King Henry VIII of England
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
    Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.
  • 1564

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
    Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    Globe Theatre is built in London
    The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

  • Shakespeare writes King Lear

    Shakespeare writes King Lear
    King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.

  • Shakespeare writes Macbeth

    Shakespeare writes Macbeth
    Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

  • First permanent English setlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia

    First permanent English setlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
    In 1607, 104 English boys and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement.

  • Shakespeare sonnets are published

    Shakespeare sonnets are published
    Shakespeare's sonnets are poems that William Shakespeare wrote on a variety of themes.

  • King James Bible is published

    King James Bible is published
    The King James Bible include the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament.

  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

    The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
    The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to the New World

  • Newspapers are first published in London

  • John MIlton begins Paradise Lost

    John MIlton begins Paradise Lost
    Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton.

  • Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is destroyed with Charles II

    Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is destroyed with Charles II
    The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under King Charles II