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Period: 400 to
History of the English Language
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450
Old English Period Began
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500
Germanic tribes invade Britain
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Mar 22, 600
Old English Roots, Be, Strong and Water
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Mar 22, 650
Suspected date of Beowulf Writing
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Mar 22, 1066
Norman Invasion
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Mar 22, 1100
Old English period ended and Middle English period began
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Mar 22, 1397
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1450
Invention of the Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1492
America Discovered
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Jan 1, 1500
Early Modern English
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Shakespeares First Folio
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Industrial Revolution Begins
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American Revolution
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Late Modern English