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400
Old English
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480
The Bible Is Completed and Published
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750
Suspected Date of Beowulf's Writing
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1066
The Norman Invasion
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1169
England Colonizes Ireland
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1200
Middle English
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1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1440
Invention of the Printing Press
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1450
The Renaissance
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Discovers the Americas
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1517
Martin Luther Posts His 95 Theses
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Modern English
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Slave Trade Begins in America
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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Industrial Revolution
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American Revolution
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World War II