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Sep 30, 1453
With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
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Aug 22, 1484
Richard III was killed in Battle
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Reaches the Americas
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Sep 30, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Dec 31, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia was published
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Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, Was born
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The Globe Theatre was Built in England
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Shakespeare writes "King Lear" and "Macbeth"
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First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.
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Shakespeare's sonnets are posted
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The King James Bible is published
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The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
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London's first newspaper is produced
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John Milton Begins "Paradise Lost"
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
