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Oct 22, 1485
Richard III was killed in battle
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Oct 22, 1492
Chirstopher Columbus reaches the Americas
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Oct 22, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Oct 21, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Utopia describes the travels of one man, Raphael Hythloday, to an undiscovered island that he considers to be the best country on earth. -
Oct 22, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VII proclaims himself head of Church of England
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Oct 22, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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Oct 21, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. -
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 and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. Macbeth is considered to be one of the darkest and most powerful tragedies -
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 Rlymouth Rock, Massachusetts
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Newspapers are first published in London
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John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
