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By Vandineo
  • Period: 400 to

    English Language

  • Jan 1, 700

    The aprox. writing of Beowulf

    Set in Scandinavia, Beowulf describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior. The oldest known epic poem written in English.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    The Norman Invation.

    Led by Duke William II of Normandy, an army of Normans and French defeated King Harold II of England.
  • Jan 1, 1387

    The Discovery of America

    The first recorded discovery was that if Leif Erickson, translated from the "Saga of Eric the Red".
  • Jan 1, 1399

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. Presented as a story-telling contest amid a group of pilgrims as they travel together.
  • Jan 1, 1440

    Invention of the printing press.

    The printing press was invented by the german Johannes Gutenberg in the Roman Empire.

  • Shakespear puplishes his first Folio

    A folio is a parchment or page only written on one side, It c an be solitary or part of a bound collection.

  • The American Revolution

    Political upheaval when 13 colonies decided to band together and remove themselves from british rule.