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450
The Start of the Old English Period
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600
Christianity was introduced to the Anglo-Saxons by a missionary from Rome names St. Augustine
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700
Beowulf's Writing
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950
Old English glosses added to Lindisfarne Gospels
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1066
The Norman Invasion
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1209
The University of Cambridge was Founded
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1337
Hundred Year's War Between England and France
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1362
English Becomes the Official Language of Law Courts
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1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1440
The Invention of the Printing Press
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1492
The Discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus
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Shakespears First Folio
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American Revolution
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Webster's Dictionary was Published
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World War 2
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The Launch of the World Wide Web
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Launch of Google
