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Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1100
Old English
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430
Invasion of the German Tribes
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597
The Coming of Christianity and Literacy
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Dec 24, 700
And forgef us scylda urna
Old English -
Jan 1, 792
Vikings Raid of Britain Begin
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Jan 1, 1000
Suspected Date of Beowulf's Writings
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Jan 1, 1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle English
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Jan 1, 1167
Oxford University Established
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Dec 24, 1300
And forgyve to us oure dettis
Middle English -
Jan 1, 1349
The Black Death kills one third of the British population
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Jan 1, 1399
Henry IV becomes first English-speaking monarch since before the Conquest
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Jan 1, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1478
Chaucer Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1492
Discovery of North America
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Jan 1, 1500
Start of the English Renaissance
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Modern English
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And forgyve us our trespasses
Early Modern English -
Robert Cawdrey publishes the first English dictionary
“A Table Alphabeticall” -
Shakespeare's First Folio
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American Revolution
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And forgive us our sins
Late Modern English -
Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to American West
