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Period: 400 to
English Language
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500
Beowulf’s writing initiated
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871
King Alfred translated Latin works into English
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900
English Danes mix many Scandinavian loan words into the English language
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1066
Norman Invasion
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1171
Henry II declares himself overlord of Ireland, introduced Norman French and English to country, Oxford was founded
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1209
University of Cambridge is founded
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1215
Magna Carta is signed, document that lead to the rule of the Constitution of the English-Speaking world
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1440
Invention of the printing press
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1476
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1492
America is discovered
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“Weekly News” first English newspaper
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Publication of Shakespeare’s first Folio
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John Milton published his epic poem “Paradise Lost”
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“The Daily Courant,” first regular daily newspaper in english is published in London
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American Revolution
