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400
Germanic invaders entered Britain on the east and south coasts
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Period: 400 to 1100
Old English
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Period: 400 to
The History of the English Language Timeline
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459
Death of St. Patrick
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750
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
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907
China's T'ang dynasty comes to an end after almost three centuries of rule
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1099
The First Crusade ends in victory for the Europeans as they conquer Jerusalem
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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1106
Battle of Tinchebray
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1147
Second Crusade
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1163
Work Began On Notre Dame-
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1392
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
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1436
The invention of the printing press
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1492
The discovery of the Americas
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Period: 1500 to
Modern English
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The first telescope is invented by German-Dutch spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey
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Mayflower and the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The Norman Invasion
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The American Revolution
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World War II
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) strikes the world
