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Period: 400 to 1100
Old English
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1001
Beowulf's writing
The suspected date of the Beowulf's writing is between 975 and 1025. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was written in 1387–1400. -
1440
The invention of the printing press
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1492
The Discovery of the Americas
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Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The American Revolution
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Period: to
Late Modern English
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World War II
World War II took place in 1939-1945