The Renaissance

By jose.arvizu
  • Nov 8, 1485

    Richard III is killed in battle

    Richard III is killed in battle
    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.
  • Nov 8, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
    Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492. Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited.
  • Nov 9, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
    Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most-famous painting.
  • Nov 8, 1516

    Thomas More's Utopia is published

    Thomas More's Utopia is published
    Utopia I a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More.
    The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social an political customs.
  • Nov 9, 1543

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

    With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
    Supreme Head of the Church of England was a title held by the kings Henry VIII and Edward VI, signifying their leadership of the Church of England.
  • Nov 9, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
    Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty
  • Nov 8, 1564

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
    Though no birth records exist, church records indicate that a William Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. From this, it is believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564, and this is the date scholars acknowledge as William Shakespeare's birthday.

  • Globe Theatre is built in London

    Globe Theatre is built in London
    The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London. 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.

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

    First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
    On May 14, 1607, a small company of
    settlers landed at a point on the James River
    in Virginia and established the settlement of
    Jamestown. It was the first permanent
    English settlement in the New World.

  • Shakespeare’s sonnets are published

    Shakespeare’s sonnets are published
    Shakespeare's sonnets are published in 1609 by Thomas Thorpe.

  • King James Bible is published

    King James Bible is published
    The King James Version , also known as the Authorized Version or the King James Bible , 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

    The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
    Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth or Plymouth Bay Colony) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith.

  • Newspapers are first published in London

    Newspapers are first published in London
    Corante: or, Newes from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France was published by the printer Nathaniel Butter in London. The earliest of the seven surviving copies is dated September 24, 1621, but it is thought that this single page news sheet began publication earlier in 1621.

  • John Milton begins Paradise Lost

    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

    Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II
    Restoration, Restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660. It marked the return of Charles II as king (1660–85) following the period of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The bishops were restored to Parliament, which established a strict Anglican orthodoxy.

  • Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

    Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
    It is written by Shakespeare. Shakespeare draws tragic parallels between Macbeth and King Lear’s eventual tale spins into madness.