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  • 449

    449

    449
    The Old English period begins. Angles-Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians began to occupy Great Britain changing its major population to English speakers.
  • 559

    597

    597
    St. Augustine of Cant4erbury arrived in England to begin the conversion of English king Ethelbert, introducing the Latin language.
  • 664

    664

    664
    The Synod of Whitby aligned the English with the Roman rather than Celtic Christianity, linking English culture with main stream culture.
  • 730

    730

    730
    The venerable Bede produced his eclesiastical "History of English People"
  • 787

    787

    787
    The Scandinavian invasion of Britain began.
  • 865

    865

    865
    The Scandinavian occupied northeastern Britain and began a campaign to conquer all of England
  • 871

    871

    871
    Alfred became king of Wessex and reign to his death in 899, established the Danelaw and produced or sponsored the transtation of Latin words into English.
  • 987

    987

    987
    Aelfric the homilistand grammarian became the major prose writer of the Old English.
  • 991

    991

    991
    Olaf Trygguason invaded England, and the Englsh were defeated at the battle of Maldon.
  • 1000

    1000

    1000
    The manuscript of the Old English epic Beowulf was written about this time.
  • 1016

    1016

    1016
    Canute became king of England establishing a Danish dynasty in Britain.
  • 1042

    1042

    1042
    The Danish dynasty ended, and Edward the Confessor became king of England.
  • 1066

    1066

    1066
    Edward the Confessor died and was succeededby Harold, last of the Anglo-Saxon kings. William Duke of Normandy was crowded king of England on December 25th., introducing Norman French
  • 1204

    1204

    1204
    King John lost Normandy to the French, beginning the looseing of ties between England and the continent.
  • 1258

    1258

    1258
    King Henry III issued the first English-language royal proclamation since the conquer.
  • 1337

    1337

    1337
    The Hundred Years' War began and lasted until 1453, promoting English nationalism.
  • Period: 1348 to 1350

    1348-1350

    The Black Death killed an estimated of one third England's population and continued to plague the country for much of the rest of the century.
  • Period: 1348 to 1350

    1348-50

    The Black Death killed an estimated of one third of England's population and continued to plague the country for much of the rest of the country.
  • 1362

    1362

    1362
    The statute of Pleadings was enacted, requiring all court proceedings to be conducted in English.
  • 1381

    1381

    1381
    The peasants's revolt led byWar Tyler was the first rebellion of working-class people against their explotation.
  • 1384

    1384

    1384
    John Wycliffe died having promoted the first translation of scripture into the English language
  • 1400

    1400

    1400
    Geoffry Chaucer died having produced a highly influencial body of English poetry.
  • 1430

    1430

    1430
    The Chancery Office began record-keeping in the for of East Midland English, which became the written standard of English.
  • 1476

    1476

    1476
    William Caxton brought printing to England, thus promoting literacy throughout the population.
  • 1485

    1485

    1485
    Henry Tudor became king of England, ending thirty years of civil strife, called the War of the Roses, and introducing 118 years of the Tudor dynasy,
  • 1497

    1497

    1497
    John Cabot sailed to Nova Scotia, forshadowing English territorial expansion overseas.