Renaissance Timeline

By westwood69
  • Oct 2, 1485

    Richard III is killed in battle

    Richard the 3rd was the king of England drom 1483-1485 and died in the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485
  • Oct 2, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

    Cristopher columbus led 3 ships, the nina, the pinta, and the santa maria out of the spanish port in 1492. His destination was supposed to be Asia, but they were set off course by wind and eventually spotted land, which was America
  • Oct 2, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa sometime between 1503 and 1506 and may have continued working on it up until 1517. it is now property of the French republic
  • Oct 1, 1516

    Thomas More’s Utopia is published

    Utopia means basically a perfected society. Thomas More wrote this in 1516
  • Period: Oct 1, 1516 to

    Renaissance

  • Oct 2, 1543

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

    The act of supremacy was legislated in 1534 the granted king henry the 8th royal supremacy.this means he was made the head of the church of England
  • Oct 1, 1564

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

    william shakespeare is one of the most widely known play writers in history, and also wrote poems, etc.

  • Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

    Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII. She became the queen of England in 1558

  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    Globe theatre was a theatre in London that was built in 1599 by shakespeares company. It was destroyed by a fire in 1613

  • Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

    King lear is a tragedy play written by shakespeare in 1605. king lear divides his kingom into 3 pieces and says he will give the largest piece to the daughter that loves him most. Macbeth was believed to be written sometime between 1599 and 1606.Three witches come from the forest and give men prophecies.

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

    The english and british began colonizing in the americas and contributed the most towards it.

  • Shakespeare’s sonnets are published

  • King James Bible is published

    The KJV version of the bible is an english translation of the christian bible for the Church of England.

  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

    william bradford and the pilgrims landed at plymouth rock in 1620 and made it an important part of american history.

  • Newspapers are first published in London

    there were many rumors of newspapers around this time, but london published the first newspaper, and had a strict policy on only them being able to print newspapers.

  • John Milton begins Paradise Lost

    Paradise lost is an epic written in 1658 by John Milton, and it is a biblical reference to the "fall of man"

  • Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II

    the restoration of the english monarchy included the english, scottish, and irish monarchies.