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Period: 400 to
English Language Timespan 400 CE
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450
Old English Period Began
Art - are
Bequeath - to give orleave by will
Fullsome - rich -
Jan 1, 1000
Suspected Date of Beowulf writing
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Jan 1, 1066
Old English Period Ended, Middle Engish Began
Anon - at once
Burn - man;warrior
Curiouse - careful;deligent -
Sep 26, 1066
Norman Invasion Began
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Jan 1, 1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1439
Invention of the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1492
Discovery of Americas
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Jan 1, 1499
Discovery of North America
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Shakespears first Folio
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American Revolution
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Modern English
Anon - at once
Burn - man;warrior
Curiouse - careful;deligent -
World War 1 began
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World War 1 ended