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Jan 1, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus; (born between October 31, 1450 and October 30, 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa. -
Jan 1, 1503
Henry VIII proclaims himself head of church of england
Henry VIII ,was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. -
Jan 1, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa,is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world -
Jan 1, 1516
Thomas mores utopia is Published
the Utopia was published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs -
Jan 1, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England
Elizabeth I,was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana" or "Good Queen Bess", -
Jan 1, 1564
William Shakespear, the bard of Avon is Born
an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist -
Globe theatre is built on 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. -
Shakespeare writes king lear and Macbeth
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies
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 based on their flattery -
First Permanent English Settlement In North America
Settlement is a name used by the Commonwealth of Virginia's portion of the historical sites and museums at Jamestown. -
Shakespeare's sonnet are published
Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 sonnets, dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality -
Kings 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 -
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
During the 17th century, there were many kinds of publications, that told both news and rumours. Among these were pamphlets, posters, ballads etc. Even when the news periodicals emerged, many of these co-existed with them. -
John Milton begins 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 Common wealth ends, monarch is restored with charles II
The Restoration of the English monarchy began when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
