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British and American Literature

By breannabutler24
  • Beginning of the Middle Ages
    476

    Beginning of the Middle Ages

    During the beginning of the Middle Ages, old English was predominate.
  • Beowulf was written
    1000

    Beowulf was written

  • Battle of Hastings
    1066

    Battle of Hastings

    William was made king of Britain, marking the end if the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history.
  • Middle English begins
    1150

    Middle English begins

  • The Renaissance begins
    1350

    The Renaissance begins

  • The Canterbury Tales was published
    1475

    The Canterbury Tales was published

  • The Printing Press was created
    1476

    The Printing Press was created

  • The Middle Ages ended
    1500

    The Middle Ages ended

  • Protestant Reformation
    1517

    Protestant Reformation

    95 These was written by Martin Luther; This reformation began in mainland Europe and carried to England
  • Elizabeth I was born
    1533

    Elizabeth I was born

  • Elizabeth I died
    1533

    Elizabeth I died

  • William Shakespeare was born
    1564

    William Shakespeare was born

  • Henry VI was published

    Henry VI was published

    This was William Shakespeare's first play
  • Shakespeare wrote Hamlet

    Shakespeare wrote Hamlet

  • Elizabeth I died

    Elizabeth I died

  • Jamestown was established

    Jamestown was established

  • Shakespeare died

    Shakespeare died

  • Age of Enlightenment

    Age of Enlightenment

    The Age of Enlightenment began, and the Plymouth colony was established
  • Paradise Lost was published

    Paradise Lost was published

  • The rise of novels

    The rise of novels

  • The Age of Sensibility began

    The Age of Sensibility began

  • The Revolutionary War began

    The Revolutionary War began

    Jane Austen was also born.
  • The Revolutionary War ended

    The Revolutionary War ended

  • The Constitution was formed

    The Constitution was formed

  • Mary Shelley's birth

    Mary Shelley's birth

  • The Age of Sensibility ended

    The Age of Sensibility ended

  • Romantic Era began

    Romantic Era began

  • Charles Dicken was born

    Charles Dicken was born

  • Pride and Prejudice was published

    Pride and Prejudice was published

  • The Age of Enlightenment officially ended

    The Age of Enlightenment officially ended

  • Frankenstein was written

    Frankenstein was written

  • Antebellum Literature was established in America

    Antebellum Literature was established in America

  • American Renaissance began

    American Renaissance began

    The Antebellum Literature period ended.
  • Victorian Era began

    Victorian Era began

    Oliver Twist was published and Queen Victoria's reign began.
  • The Romantic Era officially ends

    The Romantic Era officially ends

  • The Civil war began and the American Renaissance ends

    The Civil war began and the American Renaissance ends

  • Postbellum Literature begins and the Civil war ended

    Postbellum Literature begins and the Civil war ended

  • Modernism begins

    Modernism begins

    Postbellum Literature ends
  • Victorian Era officially ended with Queen Victoria's death

    Victorian Era officially ended with Queen Victoria's death

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