British Time Line By nick22 Dec 6, 700 Beowulf No Actuall Date but originated somewhere around the late 8th century Jun 15, 1215 Magna Carta Signed Jan 6, 1400 Chaucer, Canterbury tales Beginning of 15th century Oct 4, 1535 1st English Translation of the Bible printed Apr 23, 1564 Birth of Shakespeare Mar 6, 1590 Shakespeare, A Mid summer nights dream Dec 6, 1603 Shakespeare, Hamlet Jun 29, 1613 Original Globe Theatre Burns Down Apr 10, 1633 Bananas go on sale in UK for 1st time Feb 28, 1749 Fielding, Tom Jones Dec 6, 1798 Wordsworth and Coleridge, lyrical ballads Oct 30, 1811 Austen, Sense and sensibility Jan 28, 1813 Austen, Pride and Prejudice Jul 11, 1859 Big Bens First Strike Feb 1, 1884 Oxford English Dictionary 1st published Dec 6, 1902 Conrad, Heart of darkness 1902 Dec 6, 1914 Joyce, Dubliners Oct 18, 1922 BBC Formed Dec 6, 1922 Eliot, “The Waste Land” Oct 14, 1926 Winnie the Pooh Published Jun 4, 1927 The First Ryder Cup Aug 26, 1966 Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead May 6, 1989 Ishiguro, remains of the day
