Renaissance Period

By Luis.Alfaro13
  • Jan 6, 1485

    Richard III is killed in battle

    Richard III is killed in battle
    Richard III died in the thick of battle after losing his helmet and coming under a hail of blows from vicious medieval weapons.
  • Jan 6, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reachest the Americas

    Christopher Columbus reachest the Americas
    Columbus reaches the Bahamas on the Santa Maria
  • Jan 6, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lise

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lise
    The ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work
  • Jan 6, 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

    Thomas More's Utopia is published
    Utopia is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
  • Jan 6, 1543

    With the Supremecy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England

    With the Supremecy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England
    Besides his six marriages, Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Jan 6, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
    In 1558, Elizabeth succeeded her half-sister to the throne, and she set out to rule by good counsel.
  • Jan 6, 1564

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
    He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26 April 1564. His actual date of birth remains unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April.

  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    Globe Theatre is built in London
    The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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    Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

  • First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia

    First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
    On May 14, 1607, Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, elected president of the governing council on April 25, selected a piece of land on a large peninsula, some 40 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, as a prime location for a fortified settlement.

  • Shakespeare's sonnets are published

    Shakespeare's sonnets are published
    Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets

  • King James Bible is published

    King James Bible is published
    King James Bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.

  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

    The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
    During their first winter in America, more than half of the Plymouth colonists died.

  • Newspapers are first published in London

  • John Milton begins Paradise Lost

  • Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored wtih Charles II