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Aug 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Died in the Battle of Bosworth Field -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Was born in Italy. -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa (c.1503)
Is the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas More's Utpoia is published
primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
Jan 1, 1543
With theh Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England (c.1543)
He asked the pope to grant him annulment to his marriage -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Queen all her life and was well known -
Aug 23, 1564
Willaim Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born.
Wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets -
The Globe Theatre is built in London
Was burnt down 4 times and rebuilt every time -
Shakespeare writes King Lear
Character that decends into madness -
Shakespeare writes Macbeth
Is known to be a tragic hero -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virgina
Named after King James I -
King James Bible is published
English translation of the Christan bible -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Carried two groups, religious and non-religious -
Newspapers are first published in London
English daily newspaper, the Daily Courant -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost (c.1658)
epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
Monarchy was restored but it did not go back to normal
