British Literature By soccerchick7000 155 Ceasar Invades England 243 Romans stay in England 510 King Arthur May 11, 700 Beowulf (oral text) May 11, 1000 Beowulf (written) May 11, 1066 Norman Invasion Period: May 11, 1066 to May 11, 1470 Middle English Period: May 11, 1095 to May 11, 1099 The First Crusades May 11, 1215 Magna Carta May 11, 1300 Italian Renassiancce Period: May 11, 1343 to May 11, 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer Period: May 11, 1348 to May 11, 1350 The Plague May 11, 1350 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight May 11, 1380 The Canterbury Tales May 11, 1436 The Book of Margery Kempe May 11, 1450 Printing Press Period: May 11, 1470 to May 11, 1650 Early Modern English Period: May 11, 1485 to May 11, 1660 English Renaissance May 11, 1492 Christopher Columbus' first voyage May 11, 1500 Vowels transform from French and German Social movement May 11, 1517 Protestant Reformation May 11, 1534 Act of Supremacy Made the King also the head of the Church of England Period: May 11, 1564 to May 11, 1616 Shakespeare Period: May 11, 1572 to May 11, 1631 John Donne Period: May 11, 1593 to May 11, 1633 George Herbert Period: May 11, 1594 to May 11, 1674 Robert Herrick May 11, 1597 Romeo and Juliet May 11, 1603 Queen Elizabeth dies May 11, 1604 King Lear May 11, 1604 King James Bible May 11, 1607 The Jamestown Settlement is founded Period: May 11, 1608 to May 11, 1674 John Milton Period: May 11, 1621 to May 11, 1678 Andrew Marvell May 11, 1633 The Flea (Published) May 11, 1649 To His Coy Mistress - Andrew Marvel May 11, 1660 The Puritan Commonwealth Collapses Oliver Cromwell Period: May 11, 1660 to May 11, 1798 Restoration May 11, 1667 Paradise Lost is Published Period: May 11, 1667 to May 11, 1745 Jonathan Swift Period: May 11, 1688 to May 11, 1744 Alexander Pope May 11, 1712 The Rape of the Lock May 11, 1726 Gulliver's Travels May 11, 1749 A Modest Proposal May 11, 1776 Declaration of Independence Mar 2, 2022 Vikings Invade England Mar 2, 2022 Englisc Invasion Mar 2, 2022 Judith (oral text) Mar 2, 2022 The Dream of the Rood (oral text) Mar 2, 2022 The Wanderer Period: Mar 2, 2022 to May 11, 1066 Old English