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Jan 26, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard faces Henry Tudor 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. -
Jan 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He was trying to sail west until he reaches Asia. -
Jan 27, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
This painting was produced in Florence. it is believed to be the portrait of the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, whose name was Lisa. -
Jan 26, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Written in Latin for a European audience, First published in Louvain, Belgium, in 1516 -
Jan 27, 1543
Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
The Supremacy Act was an act declaring Henry "the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England" and that the English crown shall enjoy "all honours, dignities, preeminences, jurisdictions, privileges, authorities, immunities, profits, and commodities to the said dignity." -
Jan 27, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
In 1558, Elizabeth took the reins of her country after the death of her sister. She inherited a number of problems caused up by Mary. -
Jan 26, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is Born
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon -
GLobe Theatre is built in London
The original Globe was an Elizabethan theatre which opened in Autumn 1599 in Southwark, on the south bank of the Thames, in an area now known as Bankside -
Shakespeare writes Kng Lear and Macbeth
King lear is about a King who becomes a nudist. Shakespeare's most gruesome tragedy about a nobleman getting his eyes gouged out. When Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1606 James I had been King of England for three years. He had previously been James VI of Scotland. King James symbolised the union of the Scottish and English crowns, a union to which Shakespeare refers in the play. -
First permanent Enlgish settlement in North AMerica is established at Jamestown, Virginia
100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. -
Shakespear's sonnets are published
Shakesspear's sonnets were published by Thomas Thorpe -
king James Bible is published
The publishing was authorized by King James in order to have a accurate translation as possible. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The ship was intended to head to Virginia but a bad storm sent the ship off course to Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. -
Newspaper are first published in London
In 1621 the newspaper "Corante" is published in London. -
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 Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
Charles II lands in Dover, England and ends 11 years of Military rules.
