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Nov 9, 1485
richard lll is killed in battle
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Nov 9, 1492
christopher columbus reaches the americas
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Nov 9, 1503
leonardo da vinci paints the Moa Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, in the Louvre in Paris, is arguably the most famous painting in the world. -
Nov 9, 1516
thomas More's Utopia is published
The Title De optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia literally translates, "Of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia". -
Nov 9, 1543
with the supremacy Act, henry Vlll Proclaims himself head of church of england
Henry VIII (1491-1547) was king of England from 1509 to 1547. As a consequence of the Pope's refusal to nullify his first marriage, Henry withdrew from the Roman Church and created the Church of England. -
Nov 9, 1558
elizabeth l becomes queen of england
Queen of England (1558–1603), the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. -
Nov 9, 1564
wiliam shakespeare, the bard of avon, is born
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor -
globe theatre is built in lodon
The Globe was owned by actors who were also shareholders in Lord Chamberlain's Men. Two of the six Globe shareholders, Richard Burbage and his brother Cuthbert Burbage, owned double shares of the whole. -
shakspeare writes king lear and Macbeth
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first permanent english settlement in north America is established at jamestown, Virginia
On May 14, 1607, a small company of settlers landed at a point on the James River in Virginia and established the settlement of Jamestown. It was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. -
shakspeare's sonnet are published
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES -
king james bible is published
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the Mayflower lands at playmouth Rock, Massachusetts
In September 1620, during the reign of King James I, around 100 English men and women–many of them members of the English Separatist Church–set sail for the New World aboard the Mayflower, a three-masted merchant ship. -
1621 Newspapers are first published in London
In 1621 the newspaper "Corante" is published in London. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Milton began Paradise Lost in 1658 and finished in 1667. He wrote very little of the poem in his own hand, for he was blind throughout much of the project. -
puritan commonwealth ends monarchy is restored with Charles ll
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
