History of the English Language

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  • 55 BCE

    Roman Raids under Julius Ceaser

    Raids released on Britain in order to free Rome.
  • Period: 410 to 436

    Roman Withdrawal from Britain

    Becoming independent from British Rule.
  • Oct 6, 700

    Beowulf's Writing

    Poem set in Scandanavia
  • Oct 14, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

    The Norman Invasion
    Occupation of England
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Small constitution created to rule.
  • Period: Oct 7, 1346 to Oct 8, 1353

    Black Death

    Plague that went around killing millions of people from the spread of disease through rodents.
  • Oct 6, 1440

    The invention of the Printing Press

    The invention of the Printing Press
    The printing press allowed the printing of writing. This way writing was able to spread.
  • Oct 6, 1478

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer.
  • Oct 6, 1492

    The discovery of North America

    The discovery of North America
    Discovery of Canada
  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

    Comedies, history, and tragedies all in one works
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    The American Revolution

    Where the 13 original colonies rejected British rule and decided to become independent.
  • Russian Revolution

    Led to rise of the Soviet Union. Freed from the Czar
  • Great Depression

    Stock market crashed. Banks went out people were left as hobos.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Misunderstanding between Russia and the United States with missiles inside of Cuba.