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Oct 22, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard III was the last king of the house of York, and he was only king for two years. -
Oct 22, 1492
Christopher Colombus reaches America
an Italian explorer sent by the spanish crown, to try to find a new route to asia, but he ran into the island of Hispanola. -
Oct 22, 1503
Leonardo Da Vinci paints the 'Mona Lisa'
One of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance, considered one of the most visited, well known, the most written about, the most sung about, and the most parodied work of art in the world. -
Oct 21, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. a frame narrative is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story. -
Oct 22, 1543
Henry VII uses the supremacy act to declare himself head of the Church of England
Because he couldn't get a divorce through the catholic church, and so he declared himself the head of the church of england so as to get a divorce. -
Oct 22, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Queen Elixabeth, probably the most well known and most celebrated english monarch. She was queen when england gained naval superiority, and when they beat the 'invicible' spanish armada. -
Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
The bard of Avon is one of the, if not the most well known, playwwright ever. he worte 37 plays, and 150 sonnets. He wrote macbeth. -
The Globe Theatre is built in London
The globe theatre is where shakespeares acting company acted, and it burned down, was rebuilt and then tore down, and it has since been rebuilt again. -
Shakespeare writes 'King Lear', and 'Macbeth
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters.
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as a way to fulfil the ambition for power. -
Jamestown is settled in virgina
Jamestown was the first permanant english settlement in the americas, it almost failed, but John Smith its leader saved it with his 'you don't work, you dont eat' policy -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality, first published in a 1609 quarto entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS.: Never before imprinted -
The King James Bible is published
The King James Version (KJV), commonly known as the Authorized Version (AV) or King James Bible (KJB), 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
The puritans on the Mayflower started the second permanant english settlement in the new world. Obviously it is the second oldest settlement on the north american contient by the english. -
Newspapers are first published in London
During the 17th century, there were many kinds of publications, that told both news and rumours. Among these were pamphlets, posters, ballads -
John Milton begins 'Paradise Lost'
The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men". -
The Commonwealth ends and Charles II is restored to the throne
the british commonweatlh founded by Crommwell didn't last very long and eventually was disbanded in favor of the crown
