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Period: 450 to 1100
Old English
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Period: 800 to 1100
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
Some time between the 8th and 11th century was when Beowulf's writing was suspected of being written. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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Period: 1340 to 1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio and The invention of the Printing Press -
The discovery of North America
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Period: to
American Revolution
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Period: to
Late Modern English
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Berlin wall destroyed
