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Period: Jan 1, 673 to May 26, 735
The Venerable Bede
Possibly also born in 672
Author of A History of the English Church and People -
Period: Dec 25, 1013 to Feb 3, 1014
Rule of Sweyn Forkbeard
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Period: Feb 3, 1014 to Apr 23, 1016
Second Reign of Æthelred the Ill-Advised
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Period: Apr 24, 1016 to Nov 30, 1016
Edmund Ironside
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Period: Nov 30, 1016 to Nov 12, 1035
Rule of Canute
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Period: Nov 13, 1035 to Mar 17, 1040
Rule of Harold Harefoot
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Period: Mar 17, 1040 to Jun 8, 1042
Rule of Harthacnut
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Period: Jun 9, 1042 to Jan 5, 1066
Saint Edward the Confessor
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Period: Jan 6, 1066 to Oct 14, 1066
Rule of Harold II Godwinson
died in battle via an arrow through the eye -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of HastingsDuke William II of Normandy (France) defeats King of England Harold II Godwinson. Normandy now controls England. -
Period: Oct 15, 1066 to Dec 17, 1066
Rule of Edgar the Ætheling
was proclaimed king but was never crowned - William the Conquerer was instead -
Period: Dec 25, 1066 to Sep 9, 1087
Rule of William the Conqueror
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Period: Sep 26, 1087 to Sep 2, 1100
Rule of William II
Killed by an arrow -
Jan 1, 1096
Oxford Unviersity
Visit Oxford First record of teaching at Oxford Unviersity, the second oldest survivng university in the world (oldest in the English-speaking world) -
Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Dec 31, 1449
Middle English
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Period: Aug 5, 1100 to Dec 1, 1100
Rule of Henry I
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Period: Dec 22, 1135 to Oct 25, 1154
Rule of Stephen of Blois
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Period: Dec 19, 1154 to Jul 6, 1189
Rule of Henry II
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Period: Jun 14, 1170 to Jun 11, 1183
Rule of Henry the Young King (co-ruler with his father)
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Dec 29, 1170
Muder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
Made Canterbury Cathedral a place of pilgrimage -
Period: Sep 3, 1189 to Apr 6, 1199
Rule of Richard I Lionheart
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Period: May 27, 1199 to Oct 19, 1216
Rule of John Lackland
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
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Period: Oct 28, 1216 to Nov 16, 1272
Rule of Henry III
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Period: Nov 20, 1272 to Jul 7, 1307
Rule of Edward I Longshankes
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Jan 1, 1277
England Conuqers Wales
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Period: Jul 7, 1307 to Jun 25, 1327
Rule of Edward II
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Period: Jan 25, 1327 to Jun 21, 1377
Rule of Edward III
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Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Dec 31, 1453
Hundred Years' War
Hundred Years' WarEngland vs. France for French crown
Three Phases:
Edwardian War 1337-1360
Caroline War 1369 - 1389
Lancastrian War 1415-1429 (Joan of Arc 1412-1431) -
Period: Jan 1, 1343 to Oct 25, 1400
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Period: Jan 1, 1348 to Dec 31, 1350
Black Death
First, and most serious, outbreak of the plague in Medieval Eurpoe. -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Dec 31, 1399
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
composed in latter half of 14th century by an unknown poet (who also wrote Pearl, Purity, and Patience. IAll four works are in a North West Midlands dialect of Middle English -
Dec 31, 1368
The Book of the Dutchess (Chaucer)
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Period: Jun 21, 1377 to Sep 29, 1399
Rule of Richard II
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Jan 1, 1380
The Legend of Good Women (Chaucer)
Composed sometime in the 1380s -
Jan 1, 1381
Bible first translated to English
see also John Wycliffe and the Lollards -
Jan 1, 1385
Troilus and Criseyde (Chaucer)
Probably completed in the mid-1380s -
Jan 1, 1387
The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer)
approximate date for Chaucer's start of the Canterbury Tales (which are incomplete, and it is not known if he finished them or not) -
Period: Sep 30, 1399 to Mar 20, 1413
Rule of Henry IV Bolingbroke
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Jan 1, 1401
De heretico comburendo
a law passed by King Henry IV of England in 1401 punishing heretics with burning at the stake. This law was one of the strictest religious censorship statutes ever enacted in England. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Mar 14, 1471
Sir Thomas Malory
Born c. 1405 -
Period: Mar 20, 1413 to Aug 31, 1422
Rule of Henry V
died from dystentary -
Period: Aug 31, 1422 to Mar 2, 1461
First rule of Henry VI
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Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Early Modern English
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Period: Jan 1, 1455 to Dec 31, 1485
War of the Roses
War of the Roses
Civil War in England, fought between two rival branches of the House of Plantagenet, the House of Lancaster and the House of York (the "red" and the "white" rose, respectively) -
Period: Mar 4, 1461 to Oct 2, 1470
First rule of Edward IV
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Period: Oct 30, 1470 to Apr 11, 1471
Second rule of Henry VI
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Period: Apr 11, 1471 to Apr 9, 1483
Second rule of Edward IV
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Period: Apr 9, 1483 to Jun 25, 1483
Rule of Edward V
Probably smothered -
Period: Jun 26, 1483 to Aug 22, 1485
Rule of Richard III
killed in battle -
Jan 1, 1485
Le Morte d'Arthur first published
published by William Caxton -
Period: Aug 22, 1485 to Apr 21, 1509
Rule of Henry VII
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Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547
Rule of Henry VIII
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Nov 1, 1534
First Act of Supremacy
Acts of Supremacy Allows for the creation of the Church of England by granting the king (Henry VIII) royal supremacy -
Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553
Rule of Edward VI
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Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553
Rule of Edward VI
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Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553
Rule of Edward VI
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Jan 1, 1549
The Book of Common Prayer - first publication
The Book of Common Prayer Prayer book for the Church of England -
Period: Jan 1, 1552 to
Edmund Spenser
Spenserborn c. 1552 -
Period: Jul 10, 1553 to Jul 19, 1553
Disputed Rule of Jane, the Nine Days Queen
Title disputed -
Period: Jul 19, 1553 to Nov 17, 1558
Rule of Mary I (Bloody Mary)
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Period: Jan 1, 1554 to
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh Was born c. 1554 -
Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Nov 17, 1558
Rule of Philip, in the right of his wife
Philip ruled in right of his wife - he enjoyed all of Mary I's titles and honors (and was granted the title of king) for the length of their marriage. -
Period: Nov 30, 1554 to
Sir Philip Sydney
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Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Rule of Elizabeth I
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Period: Feb 26, 1564 to
Christopher Marlowe
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Period: Apr 23, 1564 to
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Works First known record is his baptism on April 26, 1564; was probably born on April 23. -
Astrophel and Stella (Sydney)
Likely composed in the 1580s -
English Navy defeats Spanish Armada
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The Faerie Queen, part 1 published
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Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Written between 1591 - 1595 -
The Faerie Queen, part 2 published
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"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (Marlowe) first published
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Globe Theatre opens
The Globe Theatre Probably opens in the summer -
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Written between 1599-1601 -
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Rule of James I
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Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) first published
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Macbeth (Shakespeare)
Written between 1603-1607 -
King James Bible completed
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Rule of Charles I
beheaded -
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Modern English
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Anglo-Saxon Invasion Begins
Includes Angles, Saxons, Jutes from northern Germany and Denmark. They bring their languages (Old English) -
Augustine founds Christian monastery at Canterbury, Kent
Brings Christianity to England
First Archbishop of Canterbury -
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Scandinavian Invasion
Late 700s - end of 900s
at its peak, Scandinavians control eastern England -
Period: to Dec 31, 1100
Old English
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Approximate range of dates for the events in Beowulf. It survives only in the Nowell Codex, composed sometime in the 1000s. -
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The Exeter Book
Probable range of compilation for the Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501), which contains the only known versions of "The Seafarer", "The Wanderer", and "The Wife's Lament" -
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Rule of Egbert (Bretwalda)
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Rule of Æthelwulf
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Rule of Æthelbald
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Rule of Æthelbehrt
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Rule of Æthelred
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Rule of Alfred the Great
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Rule of Edward the Elder
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Period: to
Rule of Æthelstan the Glorious
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Period: to
Rule of Edmund the Magnificent
murdered -
Period: to
Rule of Eadred
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Period: to
Rule of Eadwig
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Rule of Edgar the Peaceful
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Rule of Saint Edward the Martyr
Assassinated -
Period: to Jan 1, 1013
First Reign of Æthelred the Unready
