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Nov 8, 1485
Richard lll is killed in battle
On 22 August 1485, Richard was killed at Bosworth Field, the last English King to die in battle, thereby bringing to an end both the Plantagenet dynasty and the Wars of the Roses. Henry Tudor was crowned King Henry VII. -
Period: Nov 8, 1485 to
Political and Social Events
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Nov 8, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
On 22 August 1485, Richard was killed at Bosworth Field, the last English King to die in battle, thereby bringing to an end both the Plantagenet dynasty and the Wars of the Roses. Henry Tudor was crowned King Henry VII. -
Nov 8, 1503
c.1503 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most-famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519 -
Nov 8, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Utopia is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. -
Period: Nov 8, 1516 to
Literary Events
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Nov 8, 1543
c.1543 With the Supremacy Act, Herny Vlll proclaims himself head of church of England
Breaking from Rome, the English Parliament declared King Henry VIII "the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England." -
Nov 8, 1558
Elizabeth l becomes queen of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. -
Nov 8, 1564
William Shakespear, the Bard of Avon, is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". -
Globe Theartre is built in London
The Globe, built by carpenter Peter Smith and his workers, was the most magnificent theater that London had ever seen and built in 1597 -1598. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Viriginia
The founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts – sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. -
1605-1606 Shakespeare's sonnets are published
The themes of Shakespeare’s sonnets include the shortness of life and fleetingness of beauty, ways to achieve immortality desire and longing, love as a sickness, and poetic patronage. -
King James Bible is published
The 1611 KJV is the originally published KJV text from 1611 A.D. using archaic English. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
In August 1620, the Mayflower left Southampton with a smaller vessel–the Speedwell–but the latter proved unseaworthy and twice was forced to return to port. On September 16, the Mayflower left for America alone from Plymouth. -
Newspapers are first published in London
The earliest of the seven surviving copies is dated September 24, 1621, but it is thought that this single page news sheet began publication earlier in 1621. -
c.1658 John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Milton composed the ten books of Paradise Lost between 1658 and 1663. He had first planned the work as early as 1640, intending to write a tragedy titled Adam Unparadised -
Puritan Common wealth ends;momarchy is restoref
Restoration, Restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660. It marked the return of Charles II as king (1660–85) following the period of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The bishops were restored to Parliament, which established a strict Anglican orthodoxy.
