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Period: 400 to 1150
old era
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410
the goths arrive in Britain
the goths, they spoke a now extinct east Germanic language sack Rome. were the first Germanic tribe to arrive in Britain -
597
Ethelbert the King of Kent is baptized.
became the first Christian English King and thereafter gave his full support to the cause of Christ in his realm -
Period: 700 to 750
suspected date of Beowulf's writing
people dont really know when it was composed but they think it was from 700 to 750. -
Period: 1066 to 1071
the Norman invasion
after the Norman invasion there was a new king in England and Anglo-Norman became the dominate language of the royal court -
Oct 14, 1066
William The Conqueror Defeats Harold At The Battle of Hastings
King Harold II of England was defeated by the invading Norman forces of William the Conqueror. By the end of the bloody, all-day battle, Harold was dead and his forces were destroyed -
Period: 1150 to 1450
middle era
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Period: 1337 to 1453
hundred years war
The Hundred Years' War was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal. -
Period: 1347 to 1352
the plague (black death) arrives in England
it last five year and killed from 25 to 50 million people -
Period: 1387 to 1400
Chaucer canterbury tales
the canterbury tales were one of the first major pieces of literature and he continued to write them until he died in 1400 -
1436
the invention of the printing press
a Germen man named Johannes Gutenberg in 1436. although he was far from the first to automate the book-printing process. Woodblock printing in China dates back to the 9th century and Korean bookmakers were printing with moveable metal type a century before Gutenberg -
Period: May 22, 1455 to Jun 16, 1487
Wars Of The Roses
for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century -
Oct 10, 1492
The discovery of the Americas
Spain sponsored Christopher Columbus and in 1492 he discovered America on accident -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare created the first folio in 1623 but the first of his collection to be turned into a play 7 years after his death -
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The American Revolution
in 1775 the American revolution was started when Americans were fighting for there freedom from Britain -
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modern English
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launch of the first edition of oxford English dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. -
British broadcasting corporation was created
BBC was created in 1922 -
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World War II
was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis -
Period: to
cold war
this war happened at the end of WW2 and last until the end of the soviet union in 1991.