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Beowulf's writing
Old English story -
1066
The Norman Invasion
The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy -
1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English -
1440
The invention of the Printing Press
A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium, thereby transferring the ink -
1492
The discovery of North America
Christopher Columbus discovered North America -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
When Shakespeare's first folio was first published -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799. -
The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is created. -
9/11
a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States
