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Richard lll dies in battle
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Christopher Columbus reached America.
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The Mona Lisa is painted by Leonardo da Vinci
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The date that Thomas More published his work Utopia. A work of fiction depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
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King Henry VIII, with the help of the Supremacy act, proclaims himself the head of the church of England.
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Elizabeth I becomes the queen of England after Henry VIII.
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William Shakespear, the Bard of Avon, is born.
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Shakespeares Globe theatre is built in London
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Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth some of his most famous plays.
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The first permanent English settlement in North America is at Jamestown, Virginia.
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Shakespeare's first sonnets are published.
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The King James Bible is published for the public.
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Full of people, the Mayflower lands at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The first newspapers are published in London.
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John Milton begins to write Paradise Lost.
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The Puritan Commonwealth ends when Charles II takes up rule restoring the monarchy.
