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Sep 30, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
He was the King of England until he died in the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Sep 30, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus sailed across the atlantic from spain. -
Sep 30, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is believed to be one of the best known portriats in the world -
Sep 30, 1516
Thomas More’s Utopia is published
Provides a depiction of a fictional island society. -
Sep 30, 1543
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
The supremacy act declared him as the head of the church of england. -
Sep 30, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
the first and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty -
Sep 30, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
Regarded as the greatest writer in the English language -
Globe Theatre is built in London
Built by Shakespeares company -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
Tragedies by William Shakespeare -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
Jamestown was the first English Settlement -
Shakespeare’s sonnets are published
A collection of sonnets -
King James Bible is published
The english translation of the bible -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
Originally headed towards virginia, but a storm knocked it off it's course and it ended up in Massachusetts -
Newspapers are first published in London
Single page newspaper -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem by John Milton -
Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
The puritans were allied under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell.
