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500
Old English Words - art means are, cometh means comes, thou means you, yore means years ago.
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1100
Old English
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Jan 1, 700
Earliest manuscript records of Old English
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Jan 1, 1000
Beowulf epic poem
Only surviving manuscript -
Jan 1, 1066
The Norman Invasion
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Jan 1, 1100
Middle English words - drede means doubt, anon means immediately, eek means also
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Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle English
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Jan 1, 1171
University of Oxford Founded
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Jan 1, 1215
King James signs the Magna Carta
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Jan 1, 1387
The Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1399
King Henry IV becomes first monarch to deliver speech in English
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Jan 1, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1492
North America Discovered
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Jan 1, 1500
Early Modern words - lyf means leef, feef means five, bahth means bath
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Modern English
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Elizabeth 1 begins her 45 year reign as queen of England
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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American Revolution
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Declaration of Independence was signed
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Modern English words - black vs blak, case vs caas, meat vs mete
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Alfred becomes King of Wessex
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The Battle of Maldon
