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410
Anglo-Saxon Settlements in Britain
410-1066 -
700
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
700-750 -
793
Viking Raids on Lindisfarne
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871
Reign of Alfred the Great
871-899 -
1066
The Norman Invasion
1066-1071 -
1066
Battle of Hastings
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1170
Murder of Thomas Becket
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1348
Black Death in Europe
1348-1350 -
1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
1387-1400 -
1436
The Invention of the Printing Press
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1476
William Caxton Introduces the Printing Press to England
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1492
The discovery of the Americas
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The Industrial Revolution
1760-1840 -
The American Revolution
1765-1783 -
World War II
1939-1945