The Reinassance

By torresandrea
  • Nov 10, 1492

    1492

    1492
    Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas
  • Nov 10, 1503

    1503

    1503
    Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
  • Nov 10, 1516

    1516

    1516
    Thomas More's Utopia is published
  • Nov 10, 1543

    1543

    1543
    With the Supremacy Act, Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
  • Nov 10, 1558

    1558

    1558
    Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
  • Nov 10, 1564

    1564

    1564
    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is born

  • 1599

    1599
    Globe Theatre is built in London

  • 1605-1606

    1605-1606
    Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth

  • 1607

    1607
    First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown, Virginia.

  • 1609

    1609
    Shakespeare’s sonnets are published

  • 1611

    1611
    King James Bible is published

  • 1620

    1620
    The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

  • 1658

    1658
    John Milton begins Paradise Lost

  • 1660

    1660
    Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II

  • 1621

    1621
    Newspapers are first published in London

  • 1458

    1458
    Richard III is killed in battle