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Aug 22, 1485
King Richard III is killed in battle
Killed in the Battle of Bosworth by a head injury. Inspired the Shakespeare play, Richard III -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Ariived at the small island of Lucayos. Took posession of the land in the name of the King, Queen, and all his lords -
Sep 30, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Unkown exact date. Between 1503 and 1506. Oil painting. Painted when Leo was in Florence. Now hangs in the Lourve -
Sep 30, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
"...a work of fiction primarily depicting a pagan and communist island on which social and political customs are entirely governed by reason."
Established More as a humanist.
Inspired new genre: the utopian romance -
Sep 30, 1543
With the Supremecy Act, Henry VIII declares himself head of Ch
After Henry was excommunicated by the Pope from the Church, Parliment declared the Supremcay Act, which declared Henry as Head of the Church, seperating England from Rome.
By the way,I have 1534, not 1543. -
Sep 30, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she became queen at age 25 after Mary, her sister, died, and reigned over England for 44 years -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, was born
The day is a guess. He was baptized on April 26th. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. No birth records exist. -
Globe Theater is built in London
Shakespeare and business partners built the theater on the south bank of the Thames river. Most of Shakespeare's plays were performed here. -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
Through 1605 to 1606, Shakespeare wrote these plays. He wrote tragedies after his earlier period of comedies. These plays represent human temperement. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
Named after King James. Established his claim to North America -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published
Published without authorization by Thomas Thorpe, who was known for hanging around shops trying to "pinch manuscripts" -
King James Bible is published
The commissioning took place in 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference outside London. Affetced our language and thought processes and even the development of America. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor after making a quick stop at Provincetown. WAs the site where William Bradford and other pilgrims set foot on land. Where Thanksgiving was established. -
Newspapers are first published in London
First titled newspaper, Corante, published in London. 18 years later, Cromwell stopped the presses(pun intended) after Charles I's execution -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Finally published in 1667, Paradise Lost is an epic poem about "Satan’s rebellion against God, his expulsion from Heaven along with the rest of the rebel angels, and how he tempted Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit and fall from grace". Followed by the sequel, Paradise Regained. -
Puritan commonwealth ends, monarchy is restored with Charles II
Parliment offered to restore the monarchy after Cromwell's commwealth blew away if Charles would agree to concessions for religious toleration
