British literature

British Literature

By Bethany Arnett
  • May 2, 731

    Bede completes A History of the English Church and People

    Bede completes A History of the English Church and People
  • May 2, 1042

    Edward The Confessor becomes king of Saxons

    Edward The Confessor becomes king of Saxons
  • May 2, 1233

    First coal mined at Newcastle

    First coal mined at Newcastle
  • May 2, 1386

    Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales
  • May 2, 1470

    Thomas Mallory writes Morte D'Arthur

    Thomas Mallory writes Morte D'Arthur
  • May 2, 1485

    Henry VII becomes the first Tudor king

    Henry VII becomes the first Tudor king
  • Period: May 2, 1485 to

    The English Renaissance Period

  • May 2, 1516

    Thomas More publishes Utopia

    Thomas More publishes Utopia
  • May 2, 1534

    Church of England established

    Church of England established
  • May 2, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen

    Elizabeth I becomes queen
  • May 2, 1582

    Sir Philip Sidney writes Astrophel and Stella

    Sir Philip Sidney writes Astrophel and Stella

  • Globe Theater opens

    Globe Theater opens

  • Elizabeth I dies, and James I becomes king

    Elizabeth I dies, and James I becomes king

  • Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum

    Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum

  • James I dies

    James I dies
  • Period: to

    The Seventeenth and Eightennth Centuries

  • Public mail service is established

  • John Milton publishes Lycidas

    John Milton publishes Lycidas

  • English Civil War begins

  • Richard Lovelace publishes Lucasta

    Richard Lovelace publishes Lucasta

  • James II becomes king

    James II becomes king

  • Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Tarvels

    Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Tarvels

  • Britian enters Seven years' War

  • England goes to war with France

  • William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads

  • Period: to

    The Romantic Period

  • Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice

  • George Stephenson constructs first successful steam locomotive

    George Stephenson constructs first successful steam locomotive

  • Peterloo Massacre in Manchester

    Peterloo Massacre in Manchester

  • John Keats publishes "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

    John Keats publishes "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

  • First Reform Act extends voting rights

  • Slavery abolished in British empire

  • Period: to

    The Victorian Period

  • William Wordsworth becomes poet laureate

    William Wordsworth becomes poet laureate

  • Britian enters Crimean War

  • London Fire Department established

    London Fire Department established

  • Lewis Carroll publishes Alice's Adventure in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll publishes Alice's Adventure in Wonderland

  • Queen Victoria dies

    Queen Victoria dies

  • Edward VII becomes king

    Edward VII becomes king
  • Period: to

    The Modern and Postmodern Periods

  • Joseph Conrad publishes Heart of Darkness

    Joseph Conrad publishes Heart of Darkness

  • Britian enters World War 1

  • T.S. Elliot publishes The Waste Land

    T.S. Elliot publishes The Waste Land

  • George Orwell publishes Animal Farm

    George Orwell publishes Animal Farm

  • Elizabeth II becomes queen

    Elizabeth II becomes queen

  • North Sea oil production begins

  • Tony Blair is elected Prime Minister

    Tony Blair is elected Prime Minister

  • Anglo-Saxon Invasion

    Anglo-Saxon Invasion

  • Alfred The Great becomes king of Wessex

    Alfred The Great becomes king of Wessex
  • Period: to May 2, 1485

    The Old English and Medieval Periods