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Feb 6, 1485
Richard III killed in battle
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Feb 6, 1492
Columbus reaches Americas
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Feb 6, 1503
Mona Lisa painted by Davinci
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Feb 5, 1516
Thomas Mores Utopia is pblished
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Feb 6, 1543
Henry VIII proclaims imself head of church
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Feb 6, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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Feb 6, 1564
William Shakespere born
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Globe Theatre built in London
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
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Jamestown is established
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Shakespeare's sonnets published
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King James Bible is published
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The Mayflower lands at plymth rock
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First newspaper published in london
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John Milton begins Paradise Lost
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Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored by Charles II