4th Period British Lit By rachelfms Jan 1, 673 Bede's Expansion of Christianity in England Jan 1, 712 Sevile Conquered by the Moors Jan 1, 732 Charles Martel defeated Moors Jan 1, 750 Surviving Version of Beowulf found Jan 1, 1020 America: Vikings Leif Erikson explores Canadian Coast Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Dec 12, 1250 British Lit Students complete in groups then add to the classroom timeline. Sep 28, 1106 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert Jan 1, 1108 King Louie VI Crowned king of France Apr 12, 1111 Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman Emporer Jan 1, 1130 Oxford becomes a center for learning Jan 1, 1154 Henry II Became King of England Jan 1, 1160 Robin Hood Born Jan 1, 1170 Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury Murdered Jan 1, 1208 Cambridge University founded Jan 1, 1215 Fredrick II crowned in France, renewing the French struggle for Papacy Jan 1, 1215 Magna Carta Jan 1, 1220 The Crusaders of the 6th Crusade surround Jerusalem Jan 1, 1250 Religious and Secular poetry indicate a reemergence of English Jan 1, 1257 Matthew Paris, English historian, interviews King Henry III while compiling Chronica Majora Jan 1, 1258 First Commoners allowed in Parliament Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1650 Elizabethan Era Jan 1, 1348 Black Death Swept through England Jan 1, 1381 Bible First Translated into English Jan 1, 1400 Richard II, deposed king, is murdered in his prison cell Jan 1, 1429 France: Joan of Arc leads French in breaking the Siege of New Orleans Jan 1, 1558 Elizabeth I Becomes Queen ** Period: Jan 1, 1558 to Dec 31, 1603 Queen Elizabeth's Reign Period: Apr 23, 1564 to Apr 23, 1616 William Shakespeare Jan 1, 1642 Puritans Closed the Theater Jan 1, 1642 English Civil War Begins Mar 2, 2022 China: Beginning of Bookprinting Mar 2, 2022 St. Augustine founds Christian Monastery at Canterbury, Kent Mar 2, 2022 Vikings Attack Lindisfarne Mar 2, 2022 Peru: Incas build city of Machu Picchu Mar 2, 2022 North Atlantic: Vikings Discover Iceland Mar 2, 2022 Alfred the Great Becomes King of Wessex Mar 2, 2022 Saxon Monks copy Old English Poems into Exeter Book Mar 2, 2022 Greenland: Eric the Red Establishes the First Viking Colony Mar 2, 2022 English Defeated By Danes at the Battle of Maldon Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Dec 31, 1350 4th Period British Lit