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449
Angle, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
They began to occupay Great Britain. It is a major population of English speakers. -
Period: 449 to 1100
THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 449-1100
It is known as Pre-Old English after English separated from their Germanic cousins -
597
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
He arrived in England to begin the conversion of English by batztizing. -
664
The Synod of Whitby
The English culture was linked with maintream Europe- -
730
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
It was produced by The Venerable Bede recording the early history of these people -
787
The Scandinavian Invasion
It was begun with raids along the northeast seacoast. -
865
The Conquer of England
The Scandinavian occupied northeastern Britain. -
870
The First Ethelred
They attacked Wessex. -
871
Alfred king of Wessex
he regned until his death in 899. He retook the city of London establishing the Danelaw. -
987
AElfric, the homilistic and grammarian
He became the majhor prose writer of the Old English Period and of its Benedictine Revival and produced the prose style. -
991
Olaf Tryggvason
They invaded England and the English. -
991
The First English poem
it was celebrated after the Battle of Maldon. -
1000
Beowulf
The Manuscript of the Old English epic it was written. -
1016
A Danish dynasty
Canute became king of England and established in Britain. -
1042
The Danish dynasty ended
It was ended with the death of King Hardicanute and Edward the Confessor. -
1066
The Conquered of England
The Normands conquered them and replaced the native English nobility will Anglo-Normands and introducing French of govenment in England. -
Dec 25, 1066
Edward the Confessor died, William was crowned king of England
He died and was succeeded by Harold last of the Anglo-Saxon kings who died at the Battle. -
Period: 1100 to 1500
The Middle English 1100-1500
The Language English was particularly changes and pronunciation, It also marked the transition between Old English and Modern English. -
1204
King John lost Normandy
The beginning of the ties between England and the Continent -
1258
King Henry III
The first English Language royal proclamation since the Conquest . The provision was accepted to Oxford and the beginning of the growth of the English constitution and parliament. -
1337
English Nationalism
The Hundred Years, War began and lasted until 1443 -
1348
The Black Death
It was killed an estimated one-third of English population and continued to plaguethe country. -
1362
The Statue of Pleadings
It eas enacted, requiring all court proceedings to be conducted in English. -
1381
The first rebellion of working
The Peasants´Revolt led by War Tyler due people were againts their exploitation. -
1384
John Wycliffe died-Bible
He promoted the first complete translation of scripture into the English Language. -
1400
Geoffrey Chaucer died
He died and he was having produced a highly influential boy of English poetry. -
1430
The Chancery Office
legal records were deposited and was recording from East Midland English and was written in a standard of English. -
1453
The War ended
The Hundred Year´s War was lasted until that year -
1476
William Caxton
He brough the printing to England, he also promoted literacy. -
1485
Henry Tudor King
He became king of England ending thirty years of civil strife called the War of the Roses and he introduced 118 years of the Tudor Dinasty. -
1497
John Cabot
He sailed to Nova Scotia for an expansion of territorial overseas.
