british-literatrue

Christianity is spread through out Severn Valley

Apr 18, 653

Bede

Apr 18, 731

The venerable Bede writes "A History of the English Church and people" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede

exeter book

Apr 19, 1050

the exeter book is one of the oldest books of the ancient british literature we have today http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/exeter_book_and_wanderer.htm

Middle English Period (medievil)

Period: Apr 19, 1066 to Apr 19, 1485

printing press

Apr 20, 1066

printing press is created by gutenburg http://communityprintersinc.com/?attachment_id=50

doomsday book

Apr 19, 1086

Cantebury Tales

Apr 20, 1386

chaucer writes cantebury tales http://www.geekosystem.com/canterbury-tales-board-game/

The Renaissance period

Period: Apr 19, 1485 to Apr 19, 1660

Henry VII crowned King

Apr 20, 1485

http://tudortastic.com/2009/09/510-year-old-letter-written-by-henry-vii.html

Utopia

Apr 20, 1516

Thomas Moore writes Utopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia

church of england established

Apr 20, 1534

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canterbury-Cathedral-Church-of-England-1890-1900.jpg

Elizabeth I becomes queen

Apr 20, 1558

http://blog.oup.com/2011/11/elizabeth/

Plague

Apr 20, 1563

20,000 people die in london http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/plague-article/

William Shakespeare is born

Apr 20, 1564

http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/shakespeare-common-core-style.html

Romeo and Juliet Written

Apr 20, 1594

http://www.houstonballet.org/Ticketing_Schedule/Season_Calendar/Romeo_and_Juliet/

Mcbeth is published

Apr 23, 1606

KJV Bible made

Apr 20, 1611

http://www.christianstoreblog.com/christian-supplies/75-first-kjv-bible/

Neoclassical period

Period: Apr 19, 1660 to Apr 19, 1798

James II becomes king

Apr 20, 1685

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

George I becomes king

Apr 20, 1714

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Elegy in a Country churchyard

Apr 20, 1751

Thomas Gray publishes Elegy in a Country Churchyard http://foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/poetry/sample-poems/elegy-church.htm

Romantic period

Period: Apr 19, 1798 to Apr 19, 1832

Pride and Prejudice

Apr 20, 1813

Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice http://catspajamas-dogstuxedos.blogspot.com/2011/09/friday-night-film-selection-pride-and.html

Frankenstein

Apr 20, 1818

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley publishes Frankenstein http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Frankenstein

victorian

Period: Apr 19, 1832 to Apr 19, 1900

Charles Darwin Theory

Apr 20, 1859

http://www.ebizq.net/topics/human_centric_bpm/features/10697.html

Modern/Post Modern Period of Literature

Period: Apr 19, 1900 to Apr 19, 1980

Edward VII becomes King

Apr 20, 1901

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII

T.S. Elliot publishes The Waste Land

Apr 20, 1922

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_(video_game)

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Apr 20, 1945

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/animal-farm.html

Queen Victoria II becomes queen

Apr 20, 1948

http://aboutroyalty.blogspot.com/2010/04/birthday-of-her-majesty-queen.html

Contemporary Period of Literature

Period: Apr 19, 1980 to Apr 19, 2012

cites used

Apr 23, 2012

http://www.studyguide.org/brit_lit_timeline.htm http://www.socsdteachers.org/tzenglish/literature_timeline.htm http://wps.ablongman.com/long_damrosch_britlit_2/0,6737,405065-,00.html

anglo-saxon invasion

Mar 2, 2022

http://heroespage.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/anglo-saxon-heroes/

celts invade british

Mar 2, 2022

Two groups of Celts the Brythons and Gaels invade what is today Ireland from 800-600 BC http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/the-forgotten-ancient-civilization-the-celts/

King of Wessex

Mar 2, 2022

Alfred the Great becomes the King of Wessex http://kids.britannica.com/elementary/art-87060/Alfred-the-Great

anglo saxon period

Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Apr 19, 1066