The Renaissance

By DamianBlue
  • Period: Jan 1, 1485 to

    The Renaissance

  • Sep 30, 1485

    Richard III is killed in battle

  • Sep 30, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

  • Sep 30, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

  • Jan 1, 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

  • Sep 30, 1543

    With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of the Church of England

  • Sep 30, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes the queen of England

  • Jan 1, 1564

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

  • Globe Theatre is built in London

  • Shakespeare writes King Lear

  • Shakespeare writes Macbeth

  • First permanent settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia

  • Shakespeare's sonnets are published

  • King James Bible is published

  • The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

  • Newspapers are first published in London

  • John Milton begins Paradise Lost

  • Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II