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He is the first English king to convert to Christianity. -
The period of the oldest manuscript traditions, with authors such as Cædmon, Bede, Cynewulf and Aldhelm. -
Beowulf, heroic poem, the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic.
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Danish armies had attacked the English coast each year from the 980s until the conquest of 1016, and then resuming in 1066 and only standing down in 1085. The Anglo-Saxon kings of England collected hundreds of thousands of pounds of silver in tribute to pay off the Danes.
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William the Conqueror invaded England after the death of King Edward the Confessor because he believed he had the most right to be King of England.
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An. M.LXVI. On þyssum geare man halgode þet mynster æt Westmynstre on Cyldamæsse dæg 7 se cyng Eadward forðferde on Twelfts mæsse æfen 7 hine mann bebyrgede on Twelftan mæssedæg
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Henry II decided to invade Ireland with a big army to invoke the Laudabiliter. He decided to do so after papal commissioners headed his way to issue a condemnation for Becket's murder. -
A rebellion broke out and John was ordered to appear before his overlord, Philip II of France. His failure to do so resulted in war.
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When scholars from Oxford migrated to Cambridge to escape Oxford's riots of “town and gown” -
Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour -
A collection of 24 stories that runs over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer.
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A device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter. -
A day when the Italian explore Christopher Columbus officially set foot in the Americas, and claimed the land for Spain. -
This was the first English Book of Common Prayer. -
The sonnets were dedicated to a W. H., whose identity remains a mystery, although William Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke
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SIR, -There is nothing moves my charity like gratitude; and when a beggar's thankful for a small relief, I always repent it was not more.
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James achieved his lifelong ambition when Queen Elizabeth I died and he inherited the throne of England. -
The first collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays, collected and published. -
An political and military struggle waged between 1765 and 1783 when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rue.
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On the 9th. William Findley and David Redick--deputed by the Committee of Safety (as it is designated) which met on the 2d. of this month at Parkinson Ferry arrived in Camp with the Resolutions of the said Committee