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Period: Apr 3, 700 to Jun 18, 1150
Old English
The Old English began in the 700's. The English language was found in ancient Sanskirt. The island of England was occupied by five different groups of people before it developed as an independant nation. -
Period: Jun 18, 1150 to Feb 21, 1500
MIddle English
The linguists who constructed the Middle English corpus are interested in syntactic change, or the change in sentence structure over time. For example, here's a sentence from Malory's Morte d'Arthur illustrating a common Middle English structure that has largely vanished from Modern English. -
Period: Jun 17, 1500 to
Modern English
Modern English is the English that is used today. Also known as the Technology English. -
Sep 7, 1533
Queen Elizabeth Born
Elizabeth's life was troubled. On September 7, 1533 in Greenwich Palace, Anne bore Elizabeth instead. She died March 24th, 1603. She was queen from Nov. 17, 1558 until she died. She was the 5th and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. She died of blood poisoning -
Jan 15, 1559
Queen Elizabeth Crowned
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, and taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. -
Apr 23, 1564
Shakespeare was born
Shakespeare was believed to be born in the Shakespeare family home, In Henely Street, Startford -Upon- Avon, England. -
When Shakespeare wrote his first play
There is documented evidence to prove that on March 3rd 1593 Henry VI Part 1 was produced by the Acting Troupe, Lord Strange's Men, at the Rose Theatre. This date implies that Shakespeare wrote parts 1, 2, and 3 of Henry VI between 1590 and 1592 -
Shakespeare when wrote/ performed Romeo and Juliet
There is no record of when Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet but it was first performed in 1594 or 1595 -
When Shakespeare wrote Midsummer's Night Dream
Was composed in 1595. The actual date is still undicided. It is one of Shakespeare's earlist comedy. -
Skakespeare wrote Hamlet
When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet
There is no known date for when Shakespeare wrote Hamlet but the approxamite date is in the 1600-1601 -
Queen Elizabeth Died
Died of blood posining at almost 70 years. She died a virgin. -
Shakespeare died
The cause of Shakespeare's death is a mystery, "Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted."
