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Aug 22, 1485
Richard 3 is killed in battle
Richard III became King of Englad for two years, he was killed in Battle of Bosworth Field. Battle of Bosworth was the last significant battle of the Wars of Roses, which was fought in August 22, 1485. The battle was won by the Lancastrians, the leader was Henry Tudor, and Henry Tudor opponent was Richard III. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
Christopher Columbus sails out of Europe in search of The New World. He and some of his man have been out in the ocean for many months. They later arrived in August 3, 1492, and were searching around and he wrote things that he has found there and would write them down in his journal. He would then leave and go back to Europe to tell the people of what he has found. -
Oct 22, 1503
Leonardo da Vinici paints the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci is a famous Italian painter, engineer, sculptor, and scientist. He made a oil panting of a woman named Mona Lisa, it hangs now in Lour -
Oct 21, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Thomas More is known to Roman Catholic as Saint Thomas More is an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesmans, and also like a Renaissance humanist. He wrote Utopia which was publisghed in 1516, it's about the political system of an ideal and imaginary island nation. -
Oct 23, 1543
With the supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
Henry VIII became King of England in April 21, 1509.He then later on proclaim himself as head of the Church of England in year 1543, the Church of England is the official established church in England. -
Jan 15, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
Elizabeth is the daughter of Anne Boleyn, HenryVIII second wife, and Henry VIII, King of England. She was born September 7,1533 and died at age 69 in March 24, 1603. Her coronation was in January 15, 1558 at the age of 25. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born
William Shakespeare is a famous poet and playwriter, he has done about 49 poems. He was born to John Shakespeare and to Mary Shakespeares, at the age of 18 he married to Anne Hathaway and had 3 children. -
Globe Theatre is built in London
The Globe Theatre was built in London which was associated with William Shakespeare, a famous playwriter and poet. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare playing company, and the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the person that owned that part of the land is Thomas Brend and was then later inherited by his son Nicholas Brend -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
William Shakespeare wrote King Lear as a tragedy, The main character becomes crazy after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, which is a mythological pre-Roman Celtic King.
Macbeth is also a tradegy play, it's about ambitious. It has been told that it is one of the most darkest and most powerful tragedies. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia
First permanent English settlement is in Jamestown, Virginia. It was founded by the Virginia Company of London, it was known to them at "James Fort". It was then later on abandond in 1610, but it was known as the capital of the colony for about 83 years. It was established by about 14,000 native inhabitants, and were near a tribe. -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published
William Shakespeare creates many sonnets, a poem of fourteen lines using any type of rhyme schemes, he had made about 144 sonnets. He would write about tragedy, humour, and just to entertain people to get their minds out of their everyday life or problems. -
King James Bible is published
It is and English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, headquarts in London and about 27 million baptised member, which was started in 1604 and was finished in 1611. It was first printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker. -
The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
The Mayflower's owner is Christopher Jones, the Mayflower has taken many routes, it had about 4 decks, and carried about 135 people during the voyage. There were 36-50 crew people, the ship went from England to the New World. It carried 102 passengers in two core groups, which were cateragoized by religious beliefs. -
Newspapers are first published in London
The first Titled newspaper, Cornate, published in London. The Cornate was the earliest of the seven known surviving copies which is dated in September 24, 1621. -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
John Milton is an English poet that usually likes to establish the truth of a specific understanding and the falsity of the contrary posisition. He also was a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cornwell. He wrote a religious flux and a political upheaveal, it was known as and epic peom, it's name is Paradise Lost -
Puritan Commonwealth ends;monarchy is restored with Charles II
Puritans common wearlth was ended in 1660, but monarchy is restored with Charles II. After the political crisis that was after the death of Cornwell in 1558, that was when the restoration of the monarchy, and Charles was invited to return to Britain.
