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Nov 9, 1485
Richard III is killed in battle
was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. -
Nov 29, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches Americas
Discovers America, 1492. Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492 -
Nov 11, 1503
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. Although the Louvre states that it was "doubtless painted between 1503 and 1506", -
Nov 9, 1516
Thomas More's Utopia is published
Utopia is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social. -
Nov 7, 1543
With Supermscy Act Henry VIII proclaims himself head of Church of England
The title was created for King Henry VIII, who was responsible for the English Catholic church breaking away from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church after the Pope excommunicated Henry in 1533 over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon -
Nov 5, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
She was a princess but declared illegitimate through political machinations. She eventually claimed the throne at the age of 25 and held it for 44 years, keeping England -
Nov 13, 1564
William Shakespear the Bard of Avon is born
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". -
Globe theatre is built in London
Oak-and-thatch replica of original Elizabethan theatre, showing Shakespeare plays in the open air -
Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth
It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, bringing tragic consequences for all. -
First permanent English settlement in North America is established at Jamestown Virginia
settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. William Kelso writes that Jamestown "is where the British Empire began -
Shakespeare's sonnets are published
Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality -
King James Bible is published
The King James Version also known as the Authorized Version or the King James Bible 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 Rock Massachusetts
The Mayflower was the ship that transported the first English Separatists, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth to the New World in 1620 -
Newspaper are first published in London
time when London was in the grip of the devastating bubonic plague. It was the first newspaper in the world to be printed in English. Read all about it: -
John Milton begins Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century -
Puritan Comonwealth ends monarchy is restored wirh Charles II
the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
