-
476
Beginning of the Middle Ages
During the beginning of the Middle Ages, old English was predominate. -
1000
Beowulf was written
-
1066
Battle of Hastings
William was made king of Britain, marking the end if the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history. -
1150
Middle English begins
-
1350
The Renaissance begins
-
1475
The Canterbury Tales was published
-
1476
The Printing Press was created
-
1500
The Middle Ages ended
-
1517
Protestant Reformation
95 These was written by Martin Luther; This reformation began in mainland Europe and carried to England -
1533
Elizabeth I was born
-
1533
Elizabeth I died
-
1564
William Shakespeare was born
-
Henry VI was published
This was William Shakespeare's first play -
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet
-
Elizabeth I died
-
Jamestown was established
-
Shakespeare died
-
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment began, and the Plymouth colony was established -
Paradise Lost was published
-
The rise of novels
-
The Age of Sensibility began
-
The Revolutionary War began
Jane Austen was also born. -
The Revolutionary War ended
-
The Constitution was formed
-
Mary Shelley's birth
-
The Age of Sensibility ended
-
Romantic Era began
-
Charles Dicken was born
-
Pride and Prejudice was published
-
The Age of Enlightenment officially ended
-
Frankenstein was written
-
Antebellum Literature was established in America
-
American Renaissance began
The Antebellum Literature period ended. -
Victorian Era began
Oliver Twist was published and Queen Victoria's reign began. -
The Romantic Era officially ends
-
The Civil war began and the American Renaissance ends
-
Postbellum Literature begins and the Civil war ended
-
Modernism begins
Postbellum Literature ends -
Victorian Era officially ended with Queen Victoria's death
