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Jan 25, 1485
richard 3 is killed in battle
die in the battle of bosworth field -
Jan 25, 1492
christopher columbus reaches the americas
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria -
Jan 25, 1503
leonardo da vinci paints the mona lisa
most famous and most celebrated works of all time. -
Jan 25, 1516
1516 Tomas More's Utopia is published
his description of an ideal society where crime, injustice, and poverty did not exist -
Jan 25, 1543
with the supremacy act henry VIII proclaims himself head of church of england
the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England -
Jan 25, 1564
1564 william shakespeare the bard of avon, is born
William Shakespeare, often called the English national poet, is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time -
1599 Globe theatre is built in london
It was built on the Southbank of the river Thames in Southwark, London in close proximity to the Bear Garden -
Shakespeare writes king lear and macbeth
King Lear and its immediate successor Macbeth are Shakespeare’s most profound tragedies -
shakespeare's sonnets are published
Two (138 and 144) were published in an anthology