The Renaissance

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1500

1516: Thomas Moore's Utopia is published

1538: Book-licensing laws are introduced in England

1564: William Shakespeare, the Bard Avon, is born

1593-1594: In London, outbreak of plague forces theatre to close

1599: Globe Theatre is built in London

1517: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on a church door in Wittenbirg, Germany, begining the Protestant Reformation

1558: Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

1588: English navy defends Spanish Armada

1400

1485: Richard III is killed in battle

1492: Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

1600

1611: King James Bible is published

1621: Newspapers are published in London

1642-1660: Puritans close all theatre's in England

1658: John Milton begins Paradise Lost

1605: Gunpowder Plot, an attempt by Gay Fawkes and others to blow up Parliament and assassinate James I, is adverted

1620: Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

1628: English physician William Harvey explains the circulation of blood

1642-1651: English Civil Wars are fought

1649: Charles I is beheaded

1653-1658: Oliver Cromwell rules England as Lord protector

1660: Puritan Commonwealth ends; monarchy is restored with Charles II