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Jan 27, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
He was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field -
Jan 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos. -
Jan 27, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints hte 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. -
Jan 27, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia
The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
Period: Jan 27, 1516 to
Renaissance Period
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Period: Jan 27, 1516 to
Renaissance Period
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Jan 27, 1543
Supremacy Act
He was declared the supreme head of the Church of England. It is still the legal authority of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. -
Jan 27, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I was the long-ruling queen of England, governing with relative stability and prosperity for 44 years. -
Jan 27, 1564
William Shakespear, The Bard of Avon is Born
An English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. -
Globe Theatre
The Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend. -
Shakespear writes King Lear and Macbeth
Shakespeare’s time as the setting of any of his other plays, dramatizing events from the eighth century. -
First Permanent English Settlement in North America
Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. -
Shakespears Sonnets are Published
He wrote 154 sonnets, likely composed over an extended period, the year in which Francis Meres referred to Shakespeare's "sugred sonnets. -
King James Bible is published
An English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony. -
Newspapers are first published in London
There were twelve London newspapers and 24 provincial papers. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
These arguments were written by Milton and added because early readers had requested some sort of guide to the poem. -
Puritan common wealth ends;monarchy is restored with Charles II
The monarchy continued to lose power by turns in the years since Magna Carta, culminating in the English Civil War.
