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Henry Tudor became king and brought stability to the country through his strong leadership he also established a royal line that had a great affect on history, his son was one of the great monarchs in English history.

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Christopher Columbus lands in western hemisphere (bahamas)

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The age of exploration began when Italian born explorer John Cabot who was sailing for and English company reached what is now Canada and laid the basis for future English claims in North America

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Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa

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Michelangelo paints ceiling of Sistine chapel (Italy)

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Ponce de león explores what is now Florida (North America)

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Pope Leo x excommunicates Martin Luther, Luther believed that the Bible rather than pope, was the source of spiritual authority

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Pizarro conquers Incas in Peru /

Elizabeth was born

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Henry Vlll made England a Protestant country and establishes Church of England. He married Catherine of Aragon who bore him a daughter he was desperate for a male heir so he petitioned for a divorce but the pope denied his request so he severed all ties with Rome makes his own church with himself at its head and remarry

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First edition of Copernicus on the revolutions of the celestial spheres is published (Nuremberg)

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Henry Vlll dies his son becomes Edward Vl and dies at age 6 he was succeeded by lady Jane grey Henry Vlll granddaughter and ruled for nine days then Mary Tudor Edward Vl half sister took the throne when she died Elizabeth her half sister takes the throne

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Elizabeth l becomes queen she firmly established England as a Protestant nation and ushered in a time of prosperity and peace

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There is an illness spreading called the plague and it killed 20,000 londoners

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William Shakespeare is born

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Sir Francis Drake lands near what is now San Francisco on his voyage around the globe

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the greatest threat to Elizabeth’s rule came when catholic spain sent an Amanda to conquer England Elizabeth rallied her people and the English fleet was victorious

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Elizabeth l dies and James l becomes king

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English colony is established at Jamestown

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Galileo builds the first telescope

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The Massachusetts colonies were created / pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

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James l dies and by the end of his reign he struggled with parliament and it foreshadowed the civil war that would come during the reign of his son Charles l