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750 BCE
Beowulf's writing
Was written around the 7th to 8th centuries. -
Period: 400 to
History of English
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440
Earliest Old English inscriptions
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Period: 450 to 480
Earliest Old English inscriptions
Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. -
Period: 1066 to 1100
The Norman Invasion
The Norman Conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England -
Period: 1387 to 1400
Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387-1400 -
Period: 1440 to 1500
The invention of the Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the inventor of the printing press. Indeed, the German goldsmith's 15th-century contribution to the technology was revolutionary -
Period: 1492 to 1502
The discovery of North America
By 1502, the Florentine merchant and explorer Amerigo Vespucci had figured out that Columbus was wrong, and word of a New World had spread throughout Europe. America was later named for Vespucci. -
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William Shakespeare first plays
William Shakespeare writes his first plays -
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
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Slavery ends
1865
United States ends slavery after Civil War -
Period: to
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is the published collection of William Shakespeare's plays -
Period: to
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. -
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Dane's Raid England
Danes raid England, occupy Northumbria, and establish a kingdom at York. Danish begins to influence English.
