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500
Beginning of Old English Era
Samples of words during this time period are : wif (any women married or not wife) faest (fast, which meant fixed or ferm) fugol ( fowl which meant any bird) -
597
St. Augustine Arrives in Britain
begining of chritian conversion of the anglo-saxons -
792
Viking raids of Britan begin
scandinavian pirites raid britan. -
878
Danelaw established
This divided Britain into Anglo-Saxon south and Danish north. -
900
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
the epic poem of a hero with the strength of thirty men in each arm. -
985
The discovery of North America
vikings settled in green land. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
battle of hastings, battle of stamford bridge -
1150
Beginning of Middle English Era
People during this time used words such as: cyning ( king) where (replaced old english "hwaer" ) ship ( replaced the old english word "scip") -
1167
Oxford University established
currently still operating -
1349
The Black Death
kills one third of British population in 49 and 50 -
1362
English parliament
English is used in parliament for the first time. -
1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
this is a collection of 24 stories about a group of people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury England -
1436
The invention of the Printing Press
German johannes Gutenburg mecinized the printing press. -
1492
Christopher Columbus
claimed discovery of america -
1500
Beginning of Modern English Era
the major difference between middle English and modern English is a radical change in pronunciation known as the Great Vowel Shift. Lyf became life, wif became wife, rap became rope. -
The first English dictionary
robert cawdrey publishes ," A Table Alphabeticall " -
Death of William Shakespeare
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
Comedies, Histories and tragedies -
The American Revolution
General Thomas Gage ordered the capture of Samuel Adams and john Hancock -
Second edition of the " Oxford English Dictionary" is published
