1.6 English 12A

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  • Period: 400 to 1066

    Old English

  • 476

    Historical Event

    Western Roman Empire Falls
  • 537

    Historical Event

    King Arther Dies
  • 637

    Historical Event

    Arabs conquered Jerusalem
  • Period: 975 to 1025

    Beowulf's Writting

  • 1066

    Norman Invasion

  • 1154

    Historical Event

    Henry the 2nd and Ellenor of Aquitaine were crowned King and Queen at Westminster Abbey
  • 1158

    Historical Event

    Son, Geoffrey, was born to Henry the 2nd and Eleanor
  • 1174

    Historical Event

    Horse racing at Newmarket was first recorded as an event.
  • Period: 1387 to 1400

    Chaucer's canterbury Tales

  • 1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

  • 1496

    The discovery of North America

  • Period: 1500 to

    Early Modern Enlgish

  • Period: 1550 to 1500

    Middle English

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Foilo

  • Period: to

    Modern English

  • Period: to

    The American Revolution

  • Historical Event

    American Declaration of Independence from Britain

  • Historical Event

    Christmas becomes a national holiday.

  • Historical Event

    The Scottish-born American scientist, Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone