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Period: 450 to 1110
Old English
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476
End of the Roman Empire
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524
Boethius writes the Consolation of Philosophy
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1000
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
It was written sometime between 700-1010 -
1071
The Norman Invasion
The Norman Invasion started in 1066 and ended in 1071 -
Period: 1110 to 1500
Middle English
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1295
Marco Polo's Travels
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1299
Rise of the Ottoman Empire
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1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales where written between the years 1387-1400. -
1440
The invention of the printing press
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1492
The discovery of the Americas
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Period: 1500 to
Modern English
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. -
Invention of the computer
It was invented in 1822 but wasn't built until 1991 -
World War I
World War I started July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. -
World War II
World War II started September 1, 1939 and ended September 2, 1945.