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Oct 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, is sometimes regarded as the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the play Richard III by William Shakespeare. in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector. -
Oct 22, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americas, inaugurating a period of European exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted for several centuries. -
Oct 22, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world." "Leonardo undertook to paint, for Francesco del Giocondo, the portrait of Mona Lisa, his wife." -
Oct 21, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
More started by writing the introduction and the description of the society which would become the second half of the work and on his return to England he wrote the "dialogue of counsel", completing the work in 1516.The word Utopia overtook More's short work and has been used ever since to describe this kind of imaginary society with many unusual ideas being contemplated.The work begins with written correspondence between Thomas More and several people he had met on the continent. -
Oct 22, 1543
With the Supremacy Art, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII.Henry's struggles with Rome led to the separation of the Church of England from papal authority -
Oct 22, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. One of her first moves as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church, of which she became the Supreme Governor. -
Oct 22, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
Wiliam shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564. He was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon.Bard is an exalted national poet, and the "Bard of Avon" remains for millions the greatest English playwright and poet of all time, penning 37 plays and 126 sonnets. Worked in the globe theatre mainly famous for acting. -
Globe Theatre is built in London
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames that was originally built in 1599, destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644.In 1970, American actor and director Sam Wanamaker founded the Shakespeare Globe Trust and the International Shakespeare Globe Centre.The theatre opened in 1997 under the name "Shakespeare's Globe Theatre", -
Shakespeare writes King lear and Macbeth
Like shakespeare's other plays these wear also written as a combination of poetry and prose. Macbeth was written to please king James as well as audience. Both of these plays are tragedies.King Lear was written between 1604 and 1606, after King James I of England.After the Holocaust and two World Wars, the vision of human life presented in King Lear didn't seem overly cynical. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virgina
Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement.Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 24, 1607.The settlement was located within the territory of a political entity known as Tsenacommacah, the state of the Powhatan Confederacy. -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality.The sonnets include a dedication to one "Mr. W.H.". 126 of Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed to a young man, often called the "Fair Youth." The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.They are adressed to many people based on themes. -
King James Bible is published
The most popular Bible translation,The translation was brought upon by King James I of England.Contains 788,258 total words, and 80 books. First english bible printed in the USA.Its flowing language and prose rhythm has had a profound influence on the literature of the past 400 years.It was not named after king James but It was called the "Holy Bible'' -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Puritans received a grant of land on which to set up their own colony. They set sail from England on the Mayflower, arriving in Massachusettes in December. When they landed, the colonists called their new home "New Plymouth." The colonists all signed the "Mayflower Covenant" before landing, promising to establish "just and equal laws." -
Newspapers are first published in London
Corante: was the first English newspaper.The earliest of the seven known surviving copies is dated September 24, 1621.contains continental news translated from a German original.5 Its printer, Nathaniel Butter,
acquired an official licence and, in partnership with the bookseller Nathaniel Bourne,went on to publish an irregular series of such corantos until at least 1640. Estimates
suggest that between 250 and 850 copies of each coranto were printed. -
John Milton begins paradise lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton.The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man.Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men".The poem is separated into twelve "books" or sections, and the length of each book varies greatly.The poem follows the epic tradition of starting in medias res.Milton composed the ten books of Paradise Lost between 1658 and 1663. -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
The Restoration of the English monarchy began when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Puritans became a major political force in England and came to power as a result of the First English Civil War (1642–46). After the Restoration of 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act, almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England.
