British liiterature timeline

By Felicia Hardbarger
  • Jan 1, 653

    Celtic church begins to spread Christianity among people living in severn walley.

  • Jan 1, 731

    Bede completes A History of English Church and people.

  • Jan 1, 1040

    Macbeth kills Duncan1.

  • Jan 1, 1070

    Beginning of midevil time period

    Beginning of midevil time period
  • Jan 1, 1130

    Oxford becomes a center for learning

  • Jan 1, 1215

    King John forced to sign Magna Carta

    King John forced to sign Magna Carta
  • Jan 1, 1277

    England conquers Wales.

  • Jan 1, 1337

    Beginning of the Hundred Years' War with France.

  • Jan 1, 1348

    Black Death begins sweeping through England.

  • Jan 1, 1485

    The English Renaissance Period.

    The English Renaissance Period.
  • Jan 1, 1512

    First masque performed

    First masque performed
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Church of England established.

    Church of England established.
  • Jan 1, 1547

    Henry Vlll dies.

    Henry Vlll dies.
  • Jan 1, 1558

    Elizabethl becomes queen.

    Elizabethl becomes queen.

  • Globe theater opens.

  • Beginning of The Seveteenth and Eighteenth Centuries

    Beginning of The Seveteenth and Eighteenth Centuries

  • John Milton publishes Lycidas

    John Milton publishes Lycidas

  • Samuel pepys begins Diary.

  • First daily newspaper begins publication.

  • Britain enters Seven Years' War.

  • England goes to was with France

  • The Romantic Period.

    The Romantic Period.

  • Union Jack becomes official flag.

    Union Jack becomes official flag.

  • The Old English Period began

  • Vikings attack Lindisfarne.

    Vikings attack Lindisfarne.

  • Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex.

  • Inglish defeated by Danesar Battle of Maldon