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Aug 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard III was a tyrannical yet successful leader accused of murdering his nephews to protect his throne, and was accused of many other murders, including Henry VI. Shakespeare showed him as a tyrant in his play King Richard III, and was killed in battle protecting his crown.
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus took three ships; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, and made landfall in the Bahamian Islands, instead of the presumed destination of Asia. His discovery of the Americas brought forth the beginning of trans-Atlantic conquest and colonization for other countries, such as Spain.
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Sep 30, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
A painting by Leonardo da Vinci that greatly influenced the start of the Renaissance period and revolutionized contemporary portrait painting, as well as encouraged other artists to make their own paintings
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Sep 30, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Thomas More wrote the first formal idea of Utopia, of which he described as an island with people who share the same culture and way of life. Thomas even described his own view of social practices and systems, such as punishments, eductaion, and basic customs for marriage, dress, and death.
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Sep 30, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
Henry VIII was the most tyrantial and powerful leader in England,who claimed himself head of the Church of England, causing a seperation of church from government. Henry VIII suppressed and called to destroy monasteries and pilgrimage shrines to reform the church, calling himself the dominant force in the making of religious policy, He had been married six tiimes, most being executed for not bearing him a son.
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Sep 30, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Considered to be the greatest monarch in English histroy, who ruled alone and helped England recover from Henry VIII and his wrateh. She fought with England through many wars, and ascended political and religious turmoil. Elizabeth I brought forth the "Golden Age," a time of artistic uprising with Elizabeth's support. She ruled from the age of 25 and held her throne for 44 years, until her death in 1603
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Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
- William Shakespeare's birthdate is unknown, but he was babtized at Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564, so his birthday is assumed to be on April 23, 1564.
- Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest dramatist of all time. He wrote 37 plays.
- Shakespeare built the Globe Theatre Sources: http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323
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Globe Theatre is built in London
Built by Shakespeare's group, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, this theatre was used to perform Shakespearean plays in the early 1600's. It was later burnt down due to a misfired cannon in a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII on June 29, 1613.
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
King Lear and Macbeth are both tragedies involving psycholigal effects on the main character dealing with polititcal and civil disputes, and the effects on the people involved or acquanted with the main character.
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First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
Led by Captain John Smith, the colony in Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent settlement in North America, with roughly 100 members in the settlement in the beginning. The colony was hit hard with famine, disease, and conflict, which nearly brought it to failure. But after a colonist, John Rolfe, married the Indian cheif's daughter, Pocahontas, there was a period of peace that followed, bringing an expansion of Jamestown.
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Shakespeare's sonnets are published
Publsihed by Thomas Thorpe, described as " a publsihing understrapper of piratical habits," which contains 154 of William Shakespeare's sonnets, covering themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality.
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King James Bible is published
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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, transporting the first English Pilgrims to America with 102 passengers.
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Newspapers are first published in London
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John Milton begins Paradise Lost
John Milton's Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse, written about the biblical story of the Fall of Man and that the purpose of the book is to "jsutify the ways of God to men." It was later published in 1667 with over ten thousand lines of verse.
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
The Commonwealth was a period of time from 1649 to about 1660 where England was ruled as a republic after the Second English Civil War and the execution of Charles I. Towards the end of the Commonwealth, Charles II released the Declaration of Breda, which stated the conditions of his crowning as king. The Convention Parliament was then organised, and they stated that Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the execution of Charles I. Charles then regained his monarchy and was crowned king.
