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1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard IIIwas King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
1492
Christopher Colombus reaches the americas
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa,under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. -
1503
leonardo da vinci paints the mona lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world -
1516
Thomas moore's utopia is published
Utopia was originally written in Latin. Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire. -
1543
with supremacy act, henry VIII proclaims himself head of church of england
The first Act of Supremacy was passed on 3 November 1534 by the Parliament of England. It granted King Henry VIII of England and subsequent monarchs Royal Supremacy, such that he was declared the supreme head of the Church of England. Royal Supremacy is specifically used to describe the legal sovereignty of the civil laws over the laws of the Church in England. -
1558
elizabeth I becomes queen of england
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor -
1564
William Shakespear, the bard of Avon, is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". -
Globe theatre is built in london
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613 -
shakespear writes king lear and macbeth
The chief theme of shapiros 1606 precisely shakespears profound engagement with that " troubled national mood". in this year he produced three tragedies- king Lear, Macbeth , and Antony and Cleopatra -
first permanent english settlement in north america is established at jamestown, virginia
The founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts – sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. -
shakespears sonnets are published
Shakespeare's sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man; the last 28 to a woman -
king james bible is published
The King James Version (KJV), also known as the King James Bible (KJB) or simply the Authorized Version (AV), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. -
the mayflower lands at plymouth rock, massachusetts
Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. -
newspapers are first published in london
At the beginning of the 17th century, the right to print was strictly controlled in England. This was probably the reason why the first newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam by Joris Veseler around 1620. This followed the style established by Veseler's earlier Dutch paper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. However, when the English started printing their own papers in London, they reverted to the pamphlet format used by contemporary books. -
john milton begins paradise lost
Paradise Lost. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. -
puritan commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with charles II
It began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under the Stuart King Charles II. ... The term Restoration is used to describe both the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and the period of several years afterwards in which a new political settlement was established
