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400
Starting Year
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Period: 400 to Nov 9, 1000
Old Period - Old English
Definitions Found At
Common Words/Phrases in Old English :
art
bequeath
beseech
besought
betwixt
canst
cometh
dearth
dost
draught or draft
durst
fere
fullsome
hath
henceforth
hither
huzzah
mere
midst
mary
naught
onuppan
overmany
pece
prithee
proby
pudh
Rennies
shall or shalt
seek
syllan
talt
tarry
thou
thee
thine
thither
thy
trow
whence
wax
whither
wilt
wist
wrought
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Period: Nov 9, 700 to Nov 9, 1000
Composition of Beowulf - Suspected Date Range
Beowulf is an Old English Epic Poem written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. At 3182 lines, Beowulf is the oldest survivng long poem in Old English. -
Period: Nov 9, 1050 to Nov 9, 1400
Middle Period - Middle English
100 Most Common Middle English Words
Common Words/Phrases in Middle English :
anon
artow
beth
brenne
canstow
certes
ech
everich
forthy
fay
gan
hastow
hight
ich
ilke
konne
kynde
lasse
le
maistow
mowe
nathelees
nyce
oon
of
paradee
prime
quod
rathe
reed
seistow
sikerly
thilke
tweye
unnethe
whylom
wight
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Nov 9, 1066
The Norman Invasion
The Norman Invansion was an invasion of England set on by William the Conqueror. It was because of the Norman Invansion, French words were introduced into the language. The mixture of this French and English created "Middle English". -
Nov 9, 1066
William the Conqueror - Ruler of Norway
William the Conqueoror was the first Norman King. His ruling starting from 1066 all the way up to his death in 1097 -
Nov 9, 1163
Notre Dame - Began Construction
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One of the most notable gothic churches was begun in 1163- Notre Dame. The church was conceived by Maurice de Sully, bishop of Paris. -
Nov 9, 1232
1st Use of Rockets.
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In the 1232 the Chinese used rockets in battle for the first time. This demonstrated the military use of gunpowder. From this moment on the use of gunpowder spread rapidly around the world. -
Nov 9, 1392
Composition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a story written by Goeffrey Chaucer. It was written in 1392 and it a perfect example of Middle English writing. -
Nov 9, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
The Printing Press was the machine that was able to stabalize language. Without it's invention language had been passed down with confusion and constant change. However, since it's invention language is able to be written down and shared without confusion. -
Period: Nov 9, 1450 to
Early Modern Period - Modern English
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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of North America
America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. -
Nov 9, 1503
The Mona Lisa
In 1503, an artist by the name of Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa; One of the most well known portraits to this day. It's been acclaimed to be "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". The painting wasn't actually finished until 1517 -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies was a collection of Shakespeare's play published in 1623; It is most commanly reffered to as the First Folio. In all it contains 36 plays. -
Period: to
Modern Period - Modern English
Information Found At
To get an idea of Modern English, I found a link which shows 35 New Modern Words recently added to the dictionary; Below is only a handful of them.
Guyliner
Hater
Jeggings
Muggle
Noob
OMG
Po-Po
Totes
Unfriend
Whatevs
Whovian -
Period: to
The American Revolution
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Made it to the Moon
On July 20, 1969, America won the space race by being the first to reach the moon; This was the day of the first Moon landing and Moon walk. -
Attack on the Twin Towers (9/11)
These were terrorist attacks on American Soil. Two planes were hijacked and crashed into two different places; One of them being the Twin Towers. These terrorist attacks cost thousands of people's lives. To this day we still have bias and precaution when it comes to terrorism and the lengths we take to avoid situations such as this. -
Final Year
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Alegebra Invented
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The Arabic scholar al-Khwarizmi set forth the branch of Alegebra. Al Khwarizmi derived his works from Hindu works as well as other earlier works. -
Pope Greogory
Greogory the Great became the first Monk to become Pope. He was Pope up until his death in 604. -
Kingdom of Normandy Established
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Under the terms of the Treaty Of St. Clair-sur-Epte, The Kingdom of Normandy was established; Rollo the Viking was the first ruler of this Kingdom.
