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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1100
Old English
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450
Earliest Old English Inscriptions
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Jan 1, 731
The Venerable Bede writes "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
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Jan 1, 1000
Beowulf's Writing is published in a manuscript
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Jan 1, 1066
The Norman invasion led by Duke William II of Normady
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Jan 1, 1086
"Domesday Book" Compiled
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Jan 1, 1100
WORDS AND PHRASES
Bedight- Decorate
Besmirch- To smear as to make dirty or stained
Bight - Bend or Curve
Tithe - A levy of one tenth of something
Banshee - A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death -
Period: Jan 1, 1150 to Jan 1, 1470
Middle English
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Jan 1, 1167
Oxford University established
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Jan 1, 1167
Cambridge University established
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Jan 1, 1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Collection of stories of a group of 30 people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury England -
Jan 1, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press by German Johannes Gutenberg
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Jan 1, 1450
The Great Vowel Shift Begins
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Jan 1, 1470
WORDS AND PHRASES MIDDLE ENGLISH
Fay, fey - Faith
Gan, gonne - Began
Han - Have
Unnethe - Scarcely
Whylom - Once upon a time -
Period: Jan 1, 1471 to
Modern English
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Jan 1, 1492
The Discovery of North America
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Jan 1, 1539
"The Great Bible" is published
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Robert Cawdrey Published the First English dictionary "A Table Alphabeticall"
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The Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Collection
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The American Revolution
Ending September 3rd, 1783 -
First Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary"
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WORDS AND PHRASES MODERN ENGLISH
Bae - A person who you believe comes "Before Anyone Else"
Earworm - A song or tune stuck in your head
Glamping - Glamour Camping
Binge Watch - Watching multiple episodes of a TV Show