Renaissance Period

By AdamBagsby
  • Aug 22, 1485

    Richard III is killed in battle

    was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
  • Period: Sep 26, 1485 to

    Literary and Social Events

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus reaches the Americas

    The widely published report of his voyage of 1492 made Columbus famous throughout Europe and secured for him the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea and further royal patronage.
  • Jan 1, 1503

    Leonardo da vinci paints Mona Lisa

    Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is one of the most famous and most celebrated works of all time. The mastery of the painting lies in its subtle detail, including the faint smile, and Mona Lisa's distinctive gaze.
  • Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

    it criticized many aspects of life in contemporary Europe and established a whole new type of writing and outlook on life ("utopianism"). Much of what More said in Utopia was ironical and not intended to be taken at face value, but just how much remains unclear. For the last 485 years there has been no agreement on what Utopia means.
  • Jul 12, 1543

    King Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England

    Henry VIII is often remembered as the English monarch who broke with the Roman Church. However, Henry was only attracted to Protestant doctrine in a limited way, as the years 1530-1547 demonstrate
  • Jan 1, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

    The reign of Queen Elizabeth I is often referred to as The Golden Age of English history. Elizabeth was an immensely popular Queen, and her popularity has waned little with the passing of four hundred years.
  • Apr 23, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    There is no record of his birth, but his baptism was recorded by the church, thus his birthday is assumed to be the 23 of April. His father was a prominent and prosperous alderman in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, and was later granted a coat of arms by the College of Heralds.

  • Globe Theatre is built

    A dispute over the lease of 'the Theatre'. The Puritan owner, Giles Allen. disapproved of the Theatre and the Lord Chamberlain's Company acting troupe - which included William Shakespeare. Burbage opened negotiations to re-new the lease of the 'Theatre' but these all failed which is the reason why the Globe Theatre was built.

  • Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

    The story of King Lear and his three daughters existed in some form up to four centuries before Shakespeare recorded his vision. Lear was a British King who reigned before the birth of Christ, allowing Shakespeare to place his play in a Pagan setting.

  • Jamestown becomes first permanent English settlement in North America

    Some traditional scholars of early Jamestown history believe that those pioneers could not have been more ill-suited for the task. Because Captain John Smith identified about half of the group as "gentlemen," it was logical, indeed, for historians to assume that these gentry knew nothing of or thought it beneath their station to tame a wilderness.

  • William Shakespeare has publised sonnets

    Shakespeare wrote a total of 154 sonnets with a numerous amount of topics.

  • King James Bible is published

    The King James Bible is the most printed book in the history of the world, and it is our most popular facsimile reproduction.

  • Mayflower lands at Plymoth rock

    The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England in 1620 th 102 passengers and about 30 crew members aboard the small 100-foot ship

  • Newspapers are first published in London

    Newspapers are first published in London
    In Europe, the impetus for regular publication of news was lacking for several centuries after the breakup of the Roman Empire. The increased output of books and pamphlets made possible by the development of the printing press in the 16th century did not include any newspapers, properly defined.

  • 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.

  • Monarchy restored with Charles II; Puritain Commonwealth ends

    The Restoration of Monarchy in 1660 ended eleven years (1649 – 1660) when England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland had no monarch and was to all intents a republic.