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Period: 400 to
History of English Timespan
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410
The Goths Invade
The Goths sack Rome. The first Germanic tribes arrive in Britain. -
Period: 410 to 1100
Old English
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500
The King of Kent
Ethelbert, the King of Kent was baptized. He is the first English king to covert to Christianity. -
600
The Rise of Saxon Kingdoms
Latin speakers begin referring to the country as Anglia and later as Englaland. -
700
Earliest Scripts of Old English
Approximate date of the earliest manuscript records of Old English. -
800
Suspected Date of Beowulf's Writing
The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the Beowulf poet. The suspected date of his writing is 800-1100. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
The Norman Invasion was lead by William, Duke of Normandy, resulted in social and political changes all over England. -
1100
Danes Attack England
The Danes attack England, and the king escapes to Normandy. -
1209
The University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is formed by scholars from Oxford. -
Period: 1209 to 1436
Middle English
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1300
English Becomes Dominant
English becomes the dominant language of all classes. -
1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that run over 17,000 lines. -
1436
The Invention of the Printing Press
The printing press was an invention by Gutenberg. This helped spread news around. -
1497
The Discovery of North America
John Cabot is credited with the discovery of continental North America. This ended up expanding England. -
Period: 1497 to
Modern English
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English Bible
William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible is published. -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
The First Folio is the first published collection of Shakespeare's plays, produced 7 years after his death. -
The Daily Courant
The first regular daily newspaper in English is published in London. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution happened because North American colonies rejected assisting France. The American colonies won. -
Dictionary
The 5th volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English is published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.